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Psalms

Chapter 1

The Two Ways: Blessed is the One

The Psalter opens with a portrait of the blessed person: one who delights in the law of the LORD and meditates on it day and night. Such a person is like a tree planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in season. The wicked are like chaff blown away. The LORD watches over the way of the righteous.

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1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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