to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.
Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.
He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.
For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.
The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.
He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.
You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.
I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it – they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,
Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.
who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.