What does Psalm 25:22 mean?

David's prayer included intercession. He prayed not only for his own deliverance but also for Israel's deliverance. He prayed, "Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles." Interestingly, this psalm is an acrostic which uses a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet for the beginning of each line. However, this verse begins with the same Hebrew letter that David used to begin verse 16. Perhaps verse 22 was added so the psalm could be used in Israel's worship times.

Israel's troubles have been severe through the ages as anti-Semitic violence has flared up often. However, God has preserved Israel, even when Haman tried to destroy the Jews in Persia, an incident recorded in the book of Esther. God even saved a remnant of the Jewish people when Nazi Germany tried to exterminate the Jews. God turned the tables on Haman and enabled the Jewish people to survive the Holocaust.

Also, God plans to revive Israel in the end time and restore her to Himself as His redeemed people. Zechariah predicts: "On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness" (Zechariah 13:1). Verses 8 and 9 foretell that the Lord will keep a remnant of Jews alive in the tribulation period. He will bring them through the fire and refine them. Then they will call on His name, and He will answer them and call them "my people" (Zechariah 13:8–9). He will answer David's prayer for Israel.