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Psalm 1

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the person who obeys the law of the Lord.
    They don’t follow the advice of evil people.
They don’t make a habit of doing what sinners do.
    They don’t join those who make fun of the Lord and his law.
2 Instead, the law of the Lord gives them joy.
    They think about his law day and night.
3 That kind of person is like a tree that is planted near a stream of water.
    It always bears its fruit at the right time.
Its leaves don’t dry up.
    Everything godly people do turns out well.

4 Sinful people are not like that at all.
    They are like straw
    that the wind blows away.
5 When the Lord judges them, their life will come to an end.
    Sinners won’t have any place among those who are godly.

6 The Lord watches over the lives of godly people.
    But the lives of sinful people will lead to their death.

Psalm 1