Psalm 37:23
New International Version
The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;

New Living Translation
The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.

English Standard Version
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;

Berean Standard Bible
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

King James Bible
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

New King James Version
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.

New American Standard Bible
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way.

NASB 1995
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way.

NASB 1977
The steps of a man are established by the LORD; And He delights in his way.

Legacy Standard Bible
The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh, And He delights in his way.

Amplified Bible
The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the LORD, And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].

Christian Standard Bible
A person’s steps are established by the LORD, and he takes pleasure in his way.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man’s steps are established by the LORD, and He takes pleasure in his way.

American Standard Version
A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The steps of a man are set in order before LORD JEHOVAH and his way is set in order.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.

Contemporary English Version
If you do what the LORD wants, he will make certain each step you take is sure.

Douay-Rheims Bible
With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

English Revised Version
A man's goings are established of the LORD; and he delighteth in his way.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A person's steps are directed by the LORD, and the LORD delights in his way.

Good News Translation
The LORD guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.

International Standard Version
A man's steps are established by the LORD, and the LORD delights in his way.

JPS Tanakh 1917
It is of the LORD that a man's goings are established; And He delighted in his way.

Literal Standard Version
The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, | They have been prepared, | And He desires his way.

Majority Standard Bible
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

New American Bible
The valiant one whose steps are guided by the LORD, who will delight in his way,

NET Bible
The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

New Revised Standard Version
Our steps are made firm by the LORD, when he delights in our way;

New Heart English Bible
The steps of a man are established by the LORD, and he delights in his way.

Webster's Bible Translation
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

World English Bible
A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Young's Literal Translation
From Jehovah are the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

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Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed. 23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. 24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Psalm 7:9
Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

Psalm 18:19
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.

Psalm 25:12
Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.

Psalm 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

Psalm 40:2
He 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.

Psalm 41:11
By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.


Treasury of Scripture

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.

steps

Psalm 17:5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

Psalm 85:13
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Psalm 119:133
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

ordered.

Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Proverbs 4:26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

delighteth

Psalm 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Proverbs 11:1,20
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight…

Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

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Psalm 37
1. David persuades to patience and confidence in God,
12. by the different estate of the godly and the wicked














(23) The steps.--Comp. Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 16:9, passages which are in favour of a general interpretation here, not confined to the good man. Render, man's steps are established by Jehovah, i.e., all the stability in human conduct comes from His guidance.

Verse 23. - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; rather, established; i.e. upheld, and made firm. It is not the general superintendence of men's steps and goings by God (Proverbs 16:9; Proverbs 20:24) which is here spoken of; but the special strengthening and supporting of the steps of the pious. The wont גבר must be understood, not of the ordinary man, but of the good man. ("גבר, viri, scilicet justi, et Jova benedicti," Roseumuller). And he delighteth in his way. He "knows" it (Psalm 1:6), and looks upon it with favour, and even "has pleasure" in it (Psalm 35:27).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The steps
מִֽצְעֲדֵי־ (miṣ·‘ă·ḏê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4703: A step, companionship

of a man
גֶ֥בֶר (ḡe·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

are ordered
כּוֹנָ֗נוּ (kō·w·nā·nū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3559: To be erect

by the LORD,
מֵ֭יְהוָה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and He delights
יֶחְפָּֽץ׃ (yeḥ·pāṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire

in his way.
וְדַרְכּ֥וֹ (wə·ḏar·kōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action


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