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23 The Lord makes a man’s steps secure
    when he approves of his conduct.
24 Even if he stumbles, he will never fall headlong,
    for the Lord holds him by the hand.[a]
25 From my youth until my present old age,
    I have never seen the righteous man abandoned
    or his children reduced to begging for bread.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:24 See Prov 24:16.

23 The Lord makes firm the steps(A)
    of the one who delights(B) in him;
24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,(C)
    for the Lord upholds(D) him with his hand.

25 I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken(E)
    or their children begging(F) bread.

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