See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
Parallel translations
- WEB See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
- KJV And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- NKJV And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
- NASB And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
- NLT Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
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Quick answer
David asks God to expose any wicked way in him and to lead him in the everlasting way. It closes the psalm with a plea for cleansing and right guidance.
Overview
The psalm that began with God knowing David ends with David asking to be known, corrected, and led. The 'everlasting way' is the path of life that endures, contrasted with the way of the wicked that perishes. This longing is fulfilled in Christ, who is the Way, in whom believers walk securely toward life everlasting (John 14:6).
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Cross-references · 16
- Ps 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- Jer 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Ps 25:8–9Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Ps 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Ps 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
- Ps 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
- Prov 28:26He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- Ps 143:8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Matt 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Ps 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
- Ps 7:3–4O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
- Ps 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
- Col 2:6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
- Prov 15:9The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
- Heb 12:15–16See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
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