Prepared for Psalms Group for Sunday, March 14, 2021
Psalm 25 is an alphabetic acrostic psalm that is notable for its brokenness. It is missing one Hebrew letter, repeats another Hebrew letter twice, and includes a final verse that doesn’t fit the acrostic pattern at all. “This brokenness reflects the way troubles break the pattern of life itself,” one commentator observes about Psalm 25. (Motyer, New Bible Commentary, 501)