Surely this is the joy of his way of life;
yet others will sprout from the dust.

But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.

Even if He kills me, I will hope in Him.
I will still defend my ways before Him.

For only a few years will pass
before I go the way of no return.

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Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;
He has veiled my paths with darkness.

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.

Come to terms with God and be at peace;
in this way good will come to you.

When you make a decision, it will be carried out,
and light will shine on your ways.

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

My feet have followed in His tracks;
I have kept to His way and not turned aside.

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,
but His eyes watch over their ways.

These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?

But God understands the way to wisdom,
and He knows its location.

Does He not see my ways
and number all my steps?

If my step has turned from the way,
my heart has followed my eyes,
or impurity has stained my hands,

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.

because they turned aside from following Him
and did not understand any of His ways

Who has appointed His way for Him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?

Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain
or clears the way for lightning,