<p class="poetry">I walk in the path of righteousness,p> <p class="poetry">in the pathway of justice,p>

<p class="poetry">that you may take them to their bordersp> <p class="poetry">and perceive the pathways to their homes?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">At the top<n id="1" /> of the elevated places along the way,p> <p class="poetry">at the intersection<n id="2" /> of the paths she takes her stand;p>

<p class="poetry">In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,p> <p class="poetry">in the days of Jael caravans<n id="1" /> disappeared;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">travelers<n id="3" /> had to go on winding side roads.p>

<p class="poetry">Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you will reestablish the ancient foundations.p> <p class="poetry">You will be called, &#8216;The one who repairs broken walls,p> <p class="poetry">the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Yet my people have forgotten mep> <p class="poetry">and offered sacrifices to worthless idols!p> <p class="poetry">This makes them stumble along in the way they livep> <p class="poetry">and leave the old reliable path of their fathers.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They have left them to walk in bypaths,p> <p class="poetry">in roads that are not smooth and level.<n id="2" />p>