Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 27:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 27:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 27:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, this verse is a prayer asking God to help him know the right way to live and make good choices, especially when there are people who want to hurt him. He wants God to make his path clear and easy to follow.

Psalms 27:11: Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. [a plain...: Heb. a way of plainness] [mine...: Heb. those which observe me]

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse emphasizes trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not relying on your own understanding, whereas Psalms 27:11 seeks direction from the Lord, implying a reliance on divine guidance rather than personal understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23

This verse suggests that humans are not capable of directing their own steps, which contrasts with Psalms 27:11 where the request is for the Lord to teach and lead in a direct path, implying humans can follow successfully if guided.

Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Contradiction with Matthew 7:13-14

Here, the path to life is described as narrow and difficult, which seems at odds with the straightforward, clear path sought in Psalms 27:11.

Matthew 7:13-14: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [strait: or, narrow]

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:12

This verse warns that there is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way of death, contradicting the idea in Psalms 27:11 that one can confidently walk a direct path if led by the Lord.

Proverbs 14:12: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
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