Psalms 139:24

any wicked way Lit. any way of grief, or pain; conduct which leads to suffering and ruin. Some critics, comparing Isaiah 48:5, explain way of idolatry, in contrast to the way of Jehovah(Psalms 25:4), but there is no hint that this was the special danger of the Psalmist.

the way everlasting A way of life (Psalms 16:11; Proverbs 12:28) and peace (Isaiah 59:8), the opposite to the way of ruin and death. See Psalms 1:6; Psalms 25:4-5; Jeremiah 21:8. Whether the Psalmist's view was limited to this world, or whether he saw that such a way must lead on to fuller life after death, cannot be decided with certainty. Some render the ancient way, and follow the Targum in explaining it to mean the good old way in which the godly men of former ages walked (cp. Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 18:15); but this sense is less obvious.