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Book One
The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked
1 Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Notes and references
- The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface
- 1:1 Prov. 4:14, 15
- 1:1 Job 21:16
- 1:1 Prov. 1:10
- 1:1 Ps. 26:4; Jer. 15:17
- 1:1 [Ps. 107:32]
- 1:1 Prov. 1:22; 3:34; 19:29; 21:24; 29:8; [Isa. 28:14]
- 1:2 Ps. 112:1; 119:35, 47, 92
- Or instruction
- 1:2 Ps. 119:1, 97; Josh. 1:8
- 1:3 Jer. 17:8; Ezek. 19:10; [Num. 24:6; Job 29:19]
- 1:3 Ps. 46:4
- 1:3 Ezek. 47:12; [Isa. 34:4]
- 1:3 Gen. 39:3, 23; [ Ps. 128:2; Isa. 3:10 ]
- 1:4 See Job 21:18
- 1:5 Ps. 5:5; 76:7; Nah. 1:6; Luke 21:36; Eph. 6:13
- 1:5 [Ezek. 13:9]
- 1:6 Ps. 31:7; 37:18; 144:3; Nah. 1:7; [John 10:14; 2 Tim. 2:19]
- 1:6 Ps. 37:5
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