| Psalm 25 | |
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| "Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul." | |
 Verses 1 to 7a of Psalm 25 (Psalmus 24) in the 12th-century St. Albans Psalter | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 25 | |
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← Psalm 24 Psalm 26 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 25 is the 25th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 24. In Latin, it is known as "Ad te Domine levavi animam meam".[1] The psalm, attributed to David, has the form of an acrostic Hebrew poem.
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Nonconformist Protestant liturgies. Metrical hymns in English and German were derived from the psalm, such as "Zu dir, o Gott, erheben wir". The psalm has often been set to music. Orlando Gibbons composed an anthem in English, O Lord, I lift my heart to thee. Heinrich Schütz composed a setting in German "Nach dir verlangt mich", as part of the Becker Psalter. Johann Sebastian Bach used verses from the psalm in his early cantata, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 24 (25) Archived 10 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net