We all struggle somehow with something not good – be they sin or “just” bad habits. Many of us, with our feet of clay, continue standing on miry clay – which makes us fall. Slippery place to stand! What’s with that?
He will go before me
What path are you on? (1) “…walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example]” or (2) “And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season; Its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].”