Psalms 139 · Verse 24

Psalms 139:24

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:24, King James Version

Psalms 139:24 in other translations

BSBSee if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
WEBSee if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
ASVAnd see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
YLTAnd see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
DARBYAnd see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
BBESee if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.
WebsterAnd see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

What does Psalms 139:24 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 If there be any wicked way - דרך עצב derech otseb: a way of idolatry or of error. Any thing false in religious principle; any thing contrary to piety to thyself, and love and benevolence to man. And he needed to offer such prayer as this, while filled with indignation against the ways of the workers of iniquities; for he who hates, utterly hates, the practices of any man, is not far from hating the man himself. It is very difficult "To hate the sin with all the heart, And yet the sinner love." Lead me in the way everlasting - בדרך עולם bederech olam, in the old way - the way in which our fathers walked, who worshipped thee, the infinitely pure Spirit, in spirit and in truth. Lead me, guide me, as thou didst them. We have ארח עולם orach olam, the old path, Job 22:15. "The two words דרך derech and ארח orach, differ," says Bishop Horsley, "in their figurative senses: derech is the right way, in which a man ought to go; orach is the way, right or wrong, in which a man actually goes by habit." The way that is right in a man's own eyes is seldom the way to God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 139:17-24

God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members…

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Psalms 139:24 in the original Hebrew

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וּרְאֵ֗הu.re.'Ehand seeH7200
אִם\־'im-ifH518
דֶּֽרֶךְ\־de.rekh-a way ofH1870
עֹ֥צֶב'O.tzevan idolH6090
בִּ֑יBi[is] in me
וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִיu.ne.Che.niand lead meH5148
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhin [the] way ofH1870
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.LamantiquityH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 139:24

  • Psalms 143:10

    Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

  • Jeremiah 17:9-10

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Psalms 25:8-9

    Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

  • Psalms 119:32

    I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

  • Psalms 16:11

    Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  • Psalms 5:8

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

  • Proverbs 28:26

    He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

  • Psalms 143:8

    Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

  • John 14:6

    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Matthew 7:14

    Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

  • Colossians 2:6

    As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And see.
7:3,4; 17:3; Pr 28:26; Jer 17:9,10
wicked way. Heb. way of pain, or grief.
Heb 12:15,16
and lead.
5:8; 25:8,9; 119:1,32; 143:8,10
the way.
Mt 7:14; Joh 14:6; Col 2:6

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Context

  • Psalms 139:23

    Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

  • Psalms 139:24

    And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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Psalms 139:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ve si hay en mí camino de perversidad, y guíame en el camino eterno.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et regarde s’il y a en moi quelque voie de chagrin, et conduis-moi dans la voie éternelle.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sieh, ob ein Weg der Mühsal bei mir ist, und leite mich auf ewigem Wege!