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11 Teach me your way, O Lord,
    and lead me on a level path
    because of my enemies.(A)

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11 Teach me your way, O Lord,
    that I may walk in your truth;
    give me an undivided heart to revere your name.(A)

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Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
    teach me your paths.(A)
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
    for you are the God of my salvation;
    for you I wait all day long.(B)

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Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
    because of my enemies;
    make your way straight before me.(A)

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12 My foot stands on level ground;
    in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.(A)

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For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;(A)
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,(B)
guarding the paths of justice
    and preserving the way of his faithful ones.(C)
Then you will understand righteousness and justice
    and equity, every good path,(D)

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Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
    for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
    for to you I lift up my soul.(A)

Save me, O Lord, from my enemies;
    I have fled to you for refuge.[a](B)
10 Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
    on a level path.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 143.9 Heb ms Gk: MT to you I have hidden

10 With my whole heart I seek you;
    do not let me stray from your commandments.(A)

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    Who can search out our crimes?[a]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
    For the human heart and mind are deep.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 64.6 Cn: Heb They search out crimes

A highway shall be there,[a]
    and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,[b]
    but it shall be for God’s people;[c]
    no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 35.8 Q ms Gk Syr: MT A highway and a way shall be there
  2. 35.8 Or pass it by
  3. 35.8 Cn: Heb for them

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,

“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
    make his paths straight.(A)
Every valley shall be filled,
    and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall be made straight,
    and the rough ways made smooth,
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”(B)

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20 Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any longer, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.(A) 21 And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”(B)

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All day long they seek to injure my cause;
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.(A)
They stir up strife; they lurk;
    they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(B)

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He leads the humble in what is right
    and teaches the humble his way.(A)

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The Question about Paying Tribute

20 So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.

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So the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint or any corruption, because he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption could be found in him.(A) The men said, “We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.”

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10 For I hear many whispering:
    “Terror is all around!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
    All my close friends
    are watching for me to stumble.
“Perhaps he can be enticed,
    and we can prevail against him
    and take our revenge on him.”(A)

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They are all straight to one who understands
    and right to those who find knowledge.(A)

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19 The way of the lazy is overgrown with thorns,
    but the path of the upright is a level highway.(A)

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He will repay my enemies for their evil.
    In your faithfulness, put an end to them.(A)

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12 Who are they who fear the Lord?
    He will teach them the way that they should choose.

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