Psalms 1

1Blessed is the man

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, # Job 21:16

or stand in the path of sinners,

or sit in the seat of mockers; # Jer 15:17

2but his delight is in the law of the Lord, # Ps 119:35

and in His law he meditates day and night. # Jos 1:8

3He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, # Jer 17:8

that brings forth its fruit in its season;

its leaf will not wither,

and whatever he does will prosper. # Ge 39:3

4The wicked are not so,

but are like the chaff

which the wind drives away. # Job 21:18; Isa 17:13

5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, # Ps 5:5; Lk 21:36

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, # Na 1:7; 2Ti 2:19

but the way of the wicked will perish.

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Psalms 1

Book One

Psalms 1—41

True Happiness

1Happy are those

who reject the advice of evil people,

who do not follow the example of sinners

or join those who have no use for God.

2Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the LORD,

and they study it day and night.

3 # Jer 17.8 They are like trees that grow beside a stream,

that bear fruit at the right time,

and whose leaves do not dry up.

They succeed in everything they do.

4But evil people are not like this at all;

they are like straw that the wind blows away.

5Sinners will be condemned by God

and kept apart from God's own people.

6The righteous are guided and protected by the LORD,

but the evil are on the way to their doom.

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