24 See if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Teach me to do your will, For you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
I run in the path of your commandments, For you have set my heart free.
One who trusts in himself is a fool; But one who walks in wisdom, he is kept safe.
Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands, If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (Yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and found nothing; I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
> Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to Yahweh's law.
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, For I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to you.
How{TR reads "Because" instead of "How"} narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled; lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, as Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
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Commentary on Psalms 139 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
PSALM 139
Ps 139:1-24. After presenting the sublime doctrines of God's omnipresence and omniscience, the Psalmist appeals to Him, avowing his innocence, his abhorrence of the wicked, and his ready submission to the closest scrutiny. Admonition to the wicked and comfort to the pious are alike implied inferences from these doctrines.