Psalms 5:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

LORD, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me how you want me to live, LORD; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!
  • Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Make me understand your ways, O LORD! Teach me your paths! 5 Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
  • Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. 6 Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
  • Ps 143:8-9 : 8 May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you. 9 Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection. 10 Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
  • 2 Sam 12:14 : 14 Nonetheless, because you have treated the LORD with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”
  • Prov 4:25 : 25 Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
  • Matt 3:3 : 3 For he is the one about whom the prophet Isaiah had spoken:“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
  • Heb 12:13 : 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.
  • Ps 31:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. In you, O LORD, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing me!
  • Ps 54:5 : 5 May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!
  • Ps 59:10 : 10 The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.
  • Ps 86:11 : 11 O LORD, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
  • Ps 119:64 : 64 O LORD, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 27:11-12
    2 verses
    85%

    11Teach me how you want me to live, LORD; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!

    12Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

  • Ps 143:8-11
    4 verses
    77%

    8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

    9Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection.

    10Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

    11O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

  • Ps 25:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4Make me understand your ways, O LORD! Teach me your paths!

    5Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.

  • Ps 31:3
    76%

    3For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me.

  • Prov 8:20
    75%

    20I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,

  • Ps 25:8
    74%

    8The LORD is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

  • Ps 23:3
    74%

    3He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.

  • Ps 85:13
    74%

    13Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him.

  • Ps 139:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

    24See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!

  • Ps 7:8
    74%

    8The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

  • Ps 17:5
    74%

    5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

  • Ps 35:24
    73%

    24Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me!

  • Ps 9:3
    73%

    3When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.

  • Ps 59:10
    73%

    10The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

  • Ps 119:35
    73%

    35Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.

  • Ps 43:3
    73%

    3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

  • Ps 17:9
    73%

    9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

  • Ps 5:7
    73%

    7But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

  • Ps 86:11
    73%

    11O LORD, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

  • Ps 27:8
    73%

    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

  • Ps 7:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)

    6Stand up angrily, LORD! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them!

  • Ps 119:133
    73%

    133Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!

  • Ps 13:4
    72%

    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • Ps 17:2
    72%

    2Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

  • Ps 23:5
    72%

    5You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.

  • Isa 26:7
    72%

    7God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

  • Ps 26:11
    72%

    11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

  • Job 27:7
    72%

    7The Condition of the Wicked“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.

  • Ps 3:7
    72%

    7Rise up, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • Jer 20:12
    72%

    12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

  • Ps 119:5
    72%

    5If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!

  • Ps 54:5
    72%

    5May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

  • Ps 26:1
    71%

    1By David. Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have integrity, and I trust in the LORD without wavering.

  • Ps 143:1
    71%

    1A psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

  • 2 Sam 22:33
    71%

    33The one true God is my mighty refuge; he removes the obstacles in my way.

  • Ps 140:4
    71%

    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

  • Jer 11:20
    71%

    20So I said,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”

  • Ps 35:1
    71%

    1By David. O LORD, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!

  • Ps 125:5
    71%

    5As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

  • Ps 71:2
    71%

    2Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me!

  • Prov 8:8
    71%

    8All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.

  • Ps 31:15
    71%

    15You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.