Kabbalah Library

133. “For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked will perish.” The Creator knows and watches over the way of the wicked, to do good to them and to protect them. He walks before them to preserve them. For this reason, one who sets out on the road, that road should be the road of the Creator, and the Creator will participate with him. For this reason, it is written, “For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked will perish,” perish by itself, since the Creator is not known on that road of theirs, and He does not walk with them.

134. At one time it writes road, and at one time it writes way. A road is where the ankles of people walk. A way is one that has recently been opened and not many have walked on. It is written about his way, “The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn; it shines brighter and brighter until full day.”