23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;

it is not for them to direct their steps.

23 I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,

that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

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.

23 I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own.

We are not able to plan our own course.

23 Lord, I know that our lives don’t really belong to us.

We can’t control our own lives.

23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

23 I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.

23 O Lord, I know that the way humans act is not under their control. 

Humans do not direct their steps as they walk. 

23 I know, Lord,

that a man’s way of life is not his own;

no one who walks determines his own steps.

23 I know, O Lord, that the way of human beings is not in their control,

that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.

23 I know, O Yahweh, that to the human is not his own way,

nor to a person is the walking and the directing of his own step.

23 Lord, I know that a man doesn’t control his own life.

He doesn’t direct his own steps.

23 I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not in himself,

Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.