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Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.