New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;
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Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.
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But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.
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He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
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The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
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For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,
6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
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