9A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9)Man is here represented to us, 1. As a reasonable creature, that has the faculty of contriving for himself: His heart devises his way , designs an end, and projects ways and means leading to that end, which the inferior creatures, who are governed by sense and natural instinct, cannot do. The more shame for him if he do not devise the way how to please God and provide for his everlasting state. 2.…
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