Psalms 25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXV. An acrostic poem composed of religious maxims and prayers which have little or no connexion with each other. The text is imperfect, for in Psalms 25:18 f. the letter Q is omitted and R is repeated twice.

Psalms 25:9. In post-exilic times the pious Jews were usually poor. Hence the favourite virtue of the good Jews was submission to God, gentleness, resignation; such are the persons here called meek. See Psalms 62 for the estimate of riches in later times.

Psalms 25:11. for it is great: and so too hard for me.

Psalms 25:14. The secret of Yahweh is His purpose of exalting the meek.

Psalms 25:22 is an addition to the original acrostic.