King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
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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Happy are those who reject the advice of evil people, who do not follow the example of sinners or join those who have no use for God.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord, and they study it 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.
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They are like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up. They succeed in everything they do.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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But evil people are not like this at all; they are like straw that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
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Sinners will be condemned by God and kept apart from God's own people.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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The righteous are guided and protected by the Lord, but the evil are on the way to their doom.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.