For the LORDknowsthe wayof the righteous,But the wayof the wickedwill perish.
"But He knowsthe wayI take;[When] He has triedme, I shall comeforthas gold.
The wickedwill seeit and be vexed,He will gnashhis teethand meltaway;The desireof the wickedwill perish.
When my spiritwas overwhelmedwithinme, You knewmy path.In the waywhereI walkThey have hiddena trapfor me.
Lookto the rightand see;For thereis noonewho regardsme; There is noescapefor me; Noonecaresfor my soul.
The LORDprotectsthe strangers;He supportsthe fatherlessand the widow,But He thwartsthe wayof the wicked.
The enemyhas cometo an endin perpetualruins,And You have uprootedthe cities;The verymemoryof them has perished.
Thereis a way[which seems] rightto a man,But its endis the wayof death.
The wayof the wickedis an abominationto the LORD,But He lovesone who pursuesrighteousness.
The LORDis good,A strongholdin the dayof trouble,And He knowsthose who takerefugein Him.
"Enterthroughthe narrowgate; for the gateis wideand the wayis broadthat leadsto destruction,and thereare manywho enterthroughit.
"I amthe goodshepherd,and I knowMy ownand My ownknowMe,
"My sheephearMy voice,and I knowthem, and they followMe;
Nevertheless,the firmfoundationof Godstands,havingthisseal,"The Lordknowsthosewho are His," and, "Everyonewho namesthe nameof the Lordis to abstainfrom wickedness."
But these,likeunreasoninganimals,bornas creatures of instinctto be capturedand killed,revilingwherethey have no knowledge,will in the destructionof thosecreatures alsobe destroyed,
"He keepsthe feetof His godlyones,But the wickedonesare silencedin darkness;For not by mightshall a manprevail.
