A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

What man {is} he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way {that} he shall choose.

The steps of a {good} man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. {ordered: or, established}

Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

The wisdom of the prudent {is} to understand his way: but the folly of fools {is} deceit.

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath {is}, and whose {are} all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. {tread...: Heb. lay them a treading}

A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

The king's heart {is} in the hand of the LORD, {as} the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, {is} from the LORD. {preparations: or, disposings}

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath {is}, and whose {are} all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: