And see if there be any wicked way in me, and 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.
- BSB See if there is any offensive way in me; 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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- Ps 143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
- Jer 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Ps 25:8–9Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
- Ps 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Ps 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- Ps 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
- Prov 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
- Ps 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Matt 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Ps 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Ps 7:3–4O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
- Ps 119:1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
- Col 2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
- Prov 15:9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
- Heb 12:15–16Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
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