⁴ Take delight^(A) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.^(B)

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him^(C) and he will do this:

⁵ Trust in the Lord^(A) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths^(B) straight.^[a](C)

¹⁴ For lack of guidance a nation falls,^(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.^(B)

²² Plans fail for lack of counsel,^(A)
    but with many advisers^(B) they succeed.^(C)

³ Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
    and he will establish your plans.^(A)

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept discipline,^(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.^(B)

²¹ Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(C)

¹⁸ Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.^(A)

27 Do not boast^(A) about tomorrow,
    for you do not know what a day may bring.^(B)

¹⁸ “Forget the former things;^(A)
    do not dwell on the past.
¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!^(B)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(C)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(D)