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1 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,
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How blessed are those who reject the advice of the wicked, don't stand on the way of sinners or sit where scoffers sit!
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.
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Their delight is in ADONAI's Torah; on his Torah they meditate day and night.
3 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.
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They are like trees planted by streams -they bear their fruit in season, their leaves never wither, everything they do succeeds.
4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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Not so the wicked, who are like chaff driven by the wind.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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For this reason the wicked won't stand up to the judgment, nor will sinners at the gathering of the righteous.
6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
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For ADONAI watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked is doomed.
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