The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New International Version NIV
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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Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
2 Their delight is in ADONAI's Torah; on his Torah they meditate day and night.
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but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
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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That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked, who are like chaff driven by the wind.
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Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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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Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For ADONAI watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked is doomed.
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For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
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