Psalms 37:23
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
BSB
ASV
A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
KJV
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
(Verse 23.) The steps of a man are established by the Lord. The Greek word διαβήματα means 'steps' or 'transitions'. And therefore it is said to you: If you pass through water, rivers will not stop you (Isaiah 43:2). Therefore, cross over, do not hesitate; like a good traveler, when he comes to a sign on the road, he does not stop, but passes through; and you are on a journey, as long as you are in this course. If Paul had stopped, he would not have completed his race.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. All his course of life is graciously ordained, and in lovingkindness all is fixed, settled, and maintained. No reckless fate, no fickle chance rules us; our every step is the subject of divine decree. He delighteth in his way. As parents are pleased with the tottering footsteps of their babes. All that concerns a saint is interesting to his heavenly Father. God loves to view the holy strivings of a soul pressing forward to the skies.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
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Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
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Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
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Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
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Proverbs 4:26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
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Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
