Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
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.
- 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.
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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. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
- Jer 17:9–10The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
- Ps 25:8–9Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
- Ps 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
- Ps 119:32I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY
- Ps 5:8Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
- Prov 28:26One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
- Ps 143:8Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Matt 7:14How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
- Ps 17:3You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
- Ps 7:3–4Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
- Ps 119:1ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
- Col 2:6As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him,
- Prov 15:9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
- Heb 12:15–16looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
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