“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the ^(A)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find ^(B)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
^[a]In You I take shelter.
^10 (D)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
^(E)Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in ^(F)the land of uprightness.

¹⁷ Thus says ^(A)the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
^(B)Who leads you by the way you should go.

² To know wisdom and instruction,
To ^[a]perceive the words of understanding,
³ To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
⁴ To give prudence to the ^(A)simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—
^5 (B)A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will ^[b]attain wise counsel,
⁶ To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their ^(C)riddles.

⁸ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord;
Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
⁹ The humble He guides in justice,
And the humble He teaches His way.