Teachme Your way,O LORD;I will walkin Your truth;Unitemy heartto fearYour name.
Teachme what I do not see;IfI have doneiniquity,I will not doit again'?
I have chosenthe faithfulway;I have placedYour ordinances[before me].
Teachme, O LORD,the wayof Your statutes,And I shall observeit to the end.
Your handsmademe and fashionedme; Giveme understanding,that I may learnYour commandments.
Whois the manwho fearsthe LORD?He will instructhim in the wayhe should choose.
For Your lovingkindnessis beforemy eyes,And I have walkedin Your truth.
Teachme Your way,O LORD,And leadme in a levelpathBecauseof my foes.
O LORD,leadme in Your righteousnessbecauseof my foes;MakeYour waystraightbeforeme.
Their heartis faithless;Nowthey must beartheir guilt.The LORD will breakdowntheir altars[And] destroytheir [sacred] pillars.
O Ephraim,whatmorehave I to do with idols?It is I who answerand lookafter you. I am like a luxuriantcypress;From Me comesyour fruit.
"And those who bowdownon the housetopsto the hostof heaven,And those who bowdown[and] swearto the LORDand [yet] swearby Milcom,
"true instructionwas in his mouthand unrighteousnesswas not foundon his lips;he walkedwith Me in peaceand uprightness,and he turnedmanybackfrom iniquity.
Day by daycontinuingwith one mindin the temple,and breakingbreadfrom house to house,they were takingtheir mealstogetherwith gladnessand sincerityof heart,
You cannotdrinkthe cupof the Lordand the cupof demons;you cannotpartakeof the tableof the Lordand the tableof demons.
But the one who joinshimself to the Lordis onespirit[with Him].
But I am afraidthat, as the serpentdeceivedEveby his craftiness,your mindswill be led astrayfrom the simplicityand purity[of devotion] to Christ.
ifindeedyou have heardHim and have been taughtin Him, justas truthis in Jesus,
Whateveryou doin wordordeed,[do] allin the nameof the LordJesus,giving thanksthroughHim to Godthe Father.
I was verygladto find[some] of your childrenwalkingin truth,justas we have receivedcommandment[to do] from the Father.
