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1. Happy are those who don't listen to the wicked, who don't go where sinners go, who don't do what evil people do.
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1. Blessed H835 is the man H376 that H834 walketh H1980 not H3808 in the counsel H6098 of the ungodly H7563 , nor H3808 standeth H5975 in the way H1870 of sinners H2400 , nor H3808 sitteth H3427 in the seat H4186 of the scornful H3887 .
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2. They love the Lord's teachings, and they think about those teachings day and night.
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2. But H3588 H518 his delight H2656 is in the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 ; and in his law H8451 doth he meditate H1897 day H3119 and night H3915 .
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3. They are strong, like a tree planted by a river. The tree produces fruit in season, and its leaves don't die. Everything they do will succeed.
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3. And he shall be H1961 like a tree H6086 planted H8362 by H5921 the rivers H6388 of water H4325 , that H834 bringeth forth H5414 his fruit H6529 in his season H6256 ; his leaf H5929 also shall not H3808 wither H5034 ; and whatsoever H3605 H834 he doeth H6213 shall prosper H6743 .
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4. But wicked people are not like that. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
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4. The ungodly H7563 are not H3808 so H3651 : but H3588 H518 are like the chaff H4671 which H834 the wind H7307 driveth away H5086 .
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5. So the wicked will not escape God's punishment. Sinners will not worship with God's people.
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5. Therefore H5921 H3651 the ungodly H7563 shall not H3808 stand H6965 in the judgment H4941 , nor sinners H2400 in the congregation H5712 of the righteous H6662 .
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6. This is because the Lord takes care of his people, but the wicked will be destroyed.
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6. For H3588 the LORD H3068 knoweth H3045 the way H1870 of the righteous H6662 : but the way H1870 of the ungodly H7563 shall perish H6 .
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