who leave ¹  the upright ²  paths to walk on the dark ³  ways,

I will guide you ¹  in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths. ² 

How painful ¹  are honest words! But ²  what does your reproof ³  prove? ⁴ 

There ¹  an upright person could present his case ²  before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

My words come from the uprightness of my heart, ¹  and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely. ² 

Certainly ¹  the Lord is just; ²  he rewards godly deeds; ³  the upright will experience his favor. ⁴ 

For ¹  the Lord’s decrees ²  are just, ³  and everything he does is fair. ⁴ 

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! ¹  For the one who promotes peace has a future. ² 

The way of a fool ¹  is right ²  in his own opinion, ³  but the one who listens to advice is wise. ⁴ 

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

There is a way that seems right to a person, ¹  but its end is the way that leads to death. ² 

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, ¹  but the Lord evaluates ²  the motives. ³ 

The way of the guilty person ¹  is devious, ²  but as for the pure, ³  his way is upright.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked. ¹ 

¹ The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight. ² 

The whole assembly agreed to do this, ¹  for the proposal seemed right to all the people. ² 

That person sings ¹  to others, ²  saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved. ³ 

So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector, is just and never unfair. ¹ 

It is terrible ¹  to punish ²  a righteous person, and to flog ³  honorable men is wrong. ⁴ 

Even a young man ¹  is known ²  by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right. ³