ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭נְחֵנִי בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר לְ֝מַ֗עַן שׁוֹרְרָֽי׃
Ajarilah aku jalan-Mu, ya Yang Mahakekal, dan tuntunlah aku di jalan yang rata, karena orang-orang yang mengintai aku.
Midrash Tehillim
My Lord, guide me in Your path. As David said before the Almighty, "If You see me deviating from Your path, it is for You that I do so." Guide me in Your path, my Lord. Rabbi Yitzhak said in the name of Rabbi Chanina bar Abba, "What is this matter similar to? It is like a person who had two cows, one that plowed and one that did not. What did he do? He removed the yoke from the plow and placed it on the other cow and made the one that did not plow, plow. What is something that does not desire to accept the burden that is placed upon it? It is forced to accept the burden against its will and is guided to where it is desired. So too, with the evil inclination, one must not guide it to where it desires to go, as it says, "Guide me in Your path, Lord." I will thank You, Lord, with all my heart, both with the good inclination and with the evil inclination, that I may not be ensnared by them. Rabbi Chiya asked, "What is 'And You saved my soul from the lowest depths?'" Rabbi Yudan said, "The path of adulterers is set in the depths of Sheol." Guide me, for Your kindness is great upon me, and You have saved my soul from the depths of Sheol....
Midrash Tehillim
In what way will a youth merit to guard his way, as Solomon said (Proverbs 3:6), "In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." If you know God in all matters, He will direct your ways. Similarly, David said (Psalms 16:8), "I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." And concerning this, David also said (Psalms 30:7), "O Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong." What enables my flesh to dwell in security? David said, "I know that deceit does not rule over my flesh." Thus, the righteous are content with no deceit, as they wait and search for what they may do to have a share in the World to Come. Therefore, David said (Psalms 16:11), "You make known to me the path of life." Similarly, Moses said to God (Exodus 33:13), "Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your ways." And he also said (Psalms 25:5), "Guide me in Your truth, and teach me." And as it is written (Jeremiah 6:16), "Thus says the Lord: 'Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it.'" See which way Abraham walked and which way Nimrod walked, and which of them succeeded. See which way Jacob walked and which way Esau walked, and which of them succeeded.