The Message Bible MSG
King James Version KJV
1 How well God must like you - you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.
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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 Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.
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But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.
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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 You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust -
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The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people.
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Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 God charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.
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For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
The King James Version is in the public domain.