For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Way ... way - not used in different senses, but in the same: the portion or lot (Psalms 37:5; Psalms 37:18; Psalms 37:23) which results from the course of the unrighteous and ungodly respectively. God knows the way of both by His omniscience: that of the righteous with approving favour (Psalms 101:6; John 10:14; 2 Timothy 2:19): the result, therefore, must be, as He governs and judges righteously, that blessing must attend the righteous, and destruction the wicked, whatever appearances there now may be to the contrary. God accurately discriminates between the two classes, though man now confounds them. God know His people, however hidden from man's observation (Psalms 83:3), and marks them out for special honour (Genesis 18:17-19). God knows the ungodly, and shall judge them accordingly (Isaiah 3:10-11).