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| 1. | Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; | Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord. | 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 Yahweh's{"Yahweh" is God's proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations.} law. On his law he meditates day and night. | But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night. | But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. | ||
| 3. | He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper. | He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings. | 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 wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. | The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away. | The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. | ||
| 5. | Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. | For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright, | Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. | ||
| 6. | For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. | Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction. | For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. | ||