BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)
The Two Ways
1How happy is the man
who does not follow Lit not walk in the advice of the wicked
or take Lit stand in the path of sinners
or join a group Or or sit in the seat of mockers! Ps 26:4-5; Pr 4:14-15
2Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night. Jos 1:8; Ps 40:8; 119:14-16
3He is like a tree planted beside streams of water Or beside irrigation canals
that bears its fruit in season Lit in its season Rv 22:2
and whose leaf does not wither. Ps 92:12-14; Jr 17:8
Whatever he does prospers. Dt 5:33
4The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away. Jb 21:18; Ps 35:5; Hs 13:3
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.
6For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, Jb 34:21; Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; Jn 10:14; 2Tm 2:19
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin. Pr 21:12; Jn 3:16
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