Psalms 25 - In this psalm David wrestles with the heavy issues of life, avoiding denial and affirming dependence. He must trust God in the face of his troubles and troublemakers.

These 22 verses follow an acrostic development (An acrostic is a poem in which the initial letters of each successive line form a word, phrase, or pattern. The acrostic Psalms tend to use the twenty-two letters with a few slight variations, of the Hebrew alphabet - the first word of the first verse beginning with aleph, the first word of the second verse beginning with bet, and so on.).

On a larger scale, the psalm develops chiastically:

Verses 1–7 and 16–22 are parallel sections of prayers for protection and deliverance, while the core,

vv. 8–15, contains affirmations about God and about His dealings with believers.