Psalm 25 is intimate and intensely personal, voiced in the first person singular and addressing God in the second person singular. And woven through this appointed portion of the psalm, verses 1-9 (although you could go to verse 10) are four key themes: the psalmist’s total surrender to God and variations on three imperatives which are addressed to God: don’t let me be put to shame; show, teach, and lead me in your paths; and remember yourself and your character, and forget me and mine.