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Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
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but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
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That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither -
whatever they do prospers.
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Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
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Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
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For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.