25:10 mercy and truth. God’s mercy must always be in harmony with His truth, for both will endure forever (note Psalm 100:5). Mercy and truth are also mentioned together in Psalm 40:11; 57:3; 61:7; 85:10 (in which “mercy and truth are met together”); 89:14; 98:3; 115:1; 138:2, as well as others. Note especially Psalm 26:3.

25:10 his covenant. This is the first of twenty-one references in the book of Psalms to God’s covenant with His people.