Psalms 139:24
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
- KJV
- And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- WEB
- See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
- ASV
- And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 140 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
- DARBY
- And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
- BLB
- And see if a way of wickedness [is] in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- ÅB
- og se om jeg er på fortapelsens vei, og led meg på evighetens vei!
[^1]: d.e. i mors liv. - OTB
- Og se om jeg er på en krenkende vei,
Og led meg på den evige vei. - B1930
- og se om jeg er på fortapelsens vei, og led mig på evighetens vei!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 143:10
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:9–10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Read in contextPsalms 25:8–9
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Read in contextPsalms 119:32
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Read in contextPsalms 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Read in contextPsalms 5:8
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Read in contextProverbs 28:26
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Read in contextPsalms 143:8
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
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