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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;
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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 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law doth he 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 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.
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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 The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation 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 the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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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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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha) |
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