A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.

For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation.

O God, in holiness is Thy way, Who is a great god like God?

In the sea is Thy way, And Thy paths are in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

Righteousness before Him goeth, And maketh His footsteps for a way!

Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name.

Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

For His messengers He chargeth for thee, To keep thee in all thy ways,

Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, 'A people erring in heart -- they! And they have not known My ways:'

I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

He maketh known His ways to Moses, To the sons of Israel His acts.

They wandered in a wilderness, in a desert by the way, A city of habitation they have not found.

And causeth them to tread in a right way, To go unto a city of habitation.

He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way.

From a brook in the way he drinketh, Therefore he doth lift up the head!

Aleph. O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,

Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,

The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.

The way of falsehood turn aside from me And with Thy law favour me.

The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!

He. Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- to the end.

Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!

As to those turning to their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.

And they sing in the ways of Jehovah, For great is the honour of Jehovah.

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

Righteous is Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.

To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

Whose paths are crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established.

Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,

Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step,

Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight on their paths.

Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity.

The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!

Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous is hard.

Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted in his ways is despising Him.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.

An abomination to Jehovah is the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.

The way of the slothful is as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.

There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.

A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

A crown of beauty are grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.

The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.