Guidance & Direction Verses
Let God's word be a lamp to your feet. Verses on divine direction, purpose, and life's calling.
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle {that} hasteth to the prey. {swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire}
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? {cut...: or, make a change} {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}
If iniquity {be} in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Because thou shalt forget {thy} misery, {and} remember {it} as waters {that} pass away:
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. {speech...: Heb. lip of the faithful}
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness {where there is} no way.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}