Psalms 5:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

KJV

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.mine…: Heb. those which observe me

WEB

Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

ASV

Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.

LSV

O YHWH, lead me in Your righteousness, || Because of those observing me, || Make Your way straight before me,

YLT

O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

DBY

Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me.

DRC5:9

Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight.

GNV

Leade me, O Lord, in thy righteousnes, because of mine enemies: make thy way plaine before my face.

JPS5:9

O LORD, lead me in Thy righteousness because of them that lie in wait for me; make Thy way straight before my face.

LXXE5:9

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face.

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Original-language editions

WLC5:9

יְהוָ֤ה ׀ נְחֵ֬נִי בְצִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ לְמַ֥עַן שׁוֹרְרָ֑י הושר לְפָנַ֣י דַּרְכֶּֽךָ׃KJV:Ps.5.8Read aloud as (qere): הַיְשַׁ֖ר

LXX-Br5:9

Κύριε ὁδήγησόν με ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου, κατεύθυνον ἐνώπιόν σου τὴν ὁδόν μου.

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• Psalms 27:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
• Psalms 25:4–5Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
• Proverbs 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
• Psalms 86:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
• Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
• Psalms 143:8–10Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge. Teach me to…
• Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
• Psalms 119:64The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
• Psalms 59:10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
• Psalms 31:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
• Matthew 3:3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
• Psalms 54:5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
• Hebrews 12:13Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
• 2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

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