Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established.
O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
From Jehovah `are' the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.
And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.
Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.
A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.
And he seeth and turneth back, From all his transgressions that he hath done, He doth surely live, he doth not die,
And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart to your ways.
See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,
to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard `you' from the evil;
and straight paths make for your feet, that that which is lame may not be turned aside, but rather be healed;
And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle `you';