The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Ver. 23. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord] Heb. The steps of a man; for good men only are reckoned of by God, Jeremiah 5:1. So a wife is put for a good wife, Proverbs 18:22. A bad wife is but (according to Lamech's second wife's name) Zillah, that is, the shadow of a wife. Now, as God chose out the Israelites' way for them all along the wilderness; so he doth still for those that are good, not always the shortest way, but the safest; not always the straightest way, but that which most conduceth to their journey's end. As therefore Israel in the wilderness, so must we follow God, though he seem to lead us in and out, backward and forward, as if we were treading a maze.
And he delighteth in his way] His way it is called, for encouragement sake, though it be God alone who chooseth and chalketh out his way, yea, causeth him to keep his commandments, Ezek. xxvi. Certum est nos facere quod facimus; sed ille facit ut faciamus. God doth all our works for us.