In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,
And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

“They are all straightforward to him who understands [with an open and willing mind],
And right to those who find knowledge and live by it.

The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him],
But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway.