נָתִיב

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.

…so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?

He leaves a glistening wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair!

He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

…my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.

All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.

I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,

Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.