But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts –

Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.

God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.

Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?

Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder,

It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

For I have obeyed the Lord’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

The one true God gives me strength; he removes the obstacles in my way.

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.

Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.