Psalm 27:11 “Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my…”

Psalm 27:11

Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

World English Bible

Teach me your way, LORD. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

American Standard Version

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.

Geneva Bible 1599

Teache mee thy way, O Lord, and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

Darby Translation

Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.

Young's Literal Translation

Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

Bible in Basic English

Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

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Cross references

“Teach”

Psalm 86:11 Psalm 143:8–10 Psalm 119:10 Proverbs 2:6–9 Psalm 25:9 Psalm 25:12

Psalm 86:11 · BSB

Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.

Psalm 143:8–10 · BSB

Let 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.

Psalm 119:10 · BSB

With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

Proverbs 2:6–9 · BSB

For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Psalm 25:9 · BSB

He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

Psalm 25:12 · BSB

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

“a plain path”

Psalm 26:12 Isaiah 35:8 Luke 3:4–6 Proverbs 8:9 Proverbs 15:19

Psalm 26:12 · BSB

My feet stand on level ground; in the congregations I will bless the LORD.

Isaiah 35:8 · BSB

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

Luke 3:4–6 · BSB

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

Proverbs 8:9 · BSB

They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.

Proverbs 15:19 · BSB

The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

“mine enemies”

Psalm 5:8 Psalm 64:6 Jeremiah 20:10 Luke 20:20 Psalm 54:5 Psalm 56:5

Psalm 5:8 · BSB

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

Psalm 64:6 · BSB

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

Luke 20:20 · BSB

So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

Psalm 54:5 · BSB

He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

Psalm 56:5 · BSB

All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.

12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

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