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1 How blessed are those who reject the advice of the wicked, don't stand on the way of sinners or sit where scoffers sit!
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1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
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2 Their delight is in ADONAI's Torah; on his Torah they meditate day and night.
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2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
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3 They are like trees planted by streams -they bear their fruit in season, their leaves never wither, everything they do succeeds.
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3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
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4 Not so the wicked, who are like chaff driven by the wind.
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4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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5 For this reason the wicked won't stand up to the judgment, nor will sinners at the gathering of the righteous.
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5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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6 For ADONAI watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked is doomed.
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6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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| Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) |
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