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1 Блажен муж, иже не иде на совет нечестивых, и на пути грешных не ста, и на седалищи губителей не седе:
[God] is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people, and who do not join in with people who (ridicule/sneer at) [God].
2 но в законе Господни воля его, и в законе Его поучится день и нощь.
Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do. They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night.
3 И будет яко древо насажденое при исходищих вод, еже плод свой даст во время свое, и лист его не отпадет: и вся, елика аще творит, успеет.
They [constantly produce/do things that please God] just like fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year. [Like] trees that never wither, they succeed in everything that they do.
4 Не тако нечестивии, не тако: но яко прах, егоже возметает ветр от лица земли.
But wicked people are not like that! Wicked people are [as worthless as] chaff that is blown away by the wind.
5 Сего ради не воскреснут нечестивии на суд, ниже грешницы в совет праведных.
Therefore, wicked people (will not be acquitted/will be condemned) [LIT] when [God] judges people, and furthermore, sinful people will not even be present when [God] gathers righteous people together,
6 Яко весть Господь путь праведных, и путь нечестивых погибнет.
because he guides and protects righteous people, but the path that the wicked walk on leads them to where they will be destroyed/punished [by God forever].