The LORD is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
(Psalm 145:17-18, NKJ)

Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For the ways of the LORD are right;
The righteous walk in them,
But transgressors stumble in them.
(Hosea 14:9, NKJ)

To be right, to be righteous... both have similar meanings.

"The Lord is righteous in all His ways".... "the ways of the Lord are right."

As regards to the word righteous (tsaddiyq), according to Zodhiates, "God is the standard of ethics and morality; it is part of His very nature and will." So because that is His nature, then that makes His ways right, and those who are His and who have His nature, the righteous, will walk also in the right way.

According to Zodhiates, the word right (yashar) means "to be level, straight, right, upright, just, lawful." So then, the Lord's way is the right way, which is also the STRAIGHT way.

So that puts a different slant on the term "going straight", eh?

But I find that interesting that transgressors would stumble in the "straight" ways. If a way is right and straight, there is nothing to stumble over. Hmmmmm??? So what is it that makes them stumble?