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1 Happy are those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, not halting in ways frequented by sinners, nor taking a seat in a gathering of scoffers.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal·, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
2 But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it day and night.
but his delight is in Adonai’s Torah ·Teaching·. On his torot ·teachings· he meditates day and night.
3 They are like trees planted by runlets of water, yielding fruit in due season, leaves never fading. In all that they do, they prosper.
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
4 Not so fare the wicked, not so; like chaff are they, blown by the wind.
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 So the wicked will not stand firm in the judgment, nor sinners appear, when the righteous are gathered.
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· in the congregation of the upright.
6 For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.
For Adonai knows the way of the upright, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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