¹³ please, if this is really so, guide me clearly along the way you want me to travel^[a] so that I will understand you and walk acceptably before you. For don’t forget that this nation is your people.”

⁶ “Obey the laws of the Lord your God. Walk in his ways and fear him.

³⁸ If you listen to what I tell you and walk in my path and do whatever I consider right, obeying my commandments as my servant David did, then I will bless you; and your descendants shall rule Israel forever. (I once made this same promise to David.

⁴ Show me the path where I should go, O Lord; point out the right road for me to walk.