Ps.1.1

How well God must like you--you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.

Ps.1.1

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

Ps.1.1

Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

Ps.1.1

Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with scoffers.

Ps.1.2

Instead you thrill to GOD's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.

Ps.1.2

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Ps.1.2

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.

Ps.1.2

But they delight in doing everything the LORD wants; day and night they think about his law.

Ps.1.3

You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.

Ps.1.3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Ps.1.3

He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

Ps.1.3

They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season without fail. Their leaves never wither, and in all they do, they prosper.

Ps.1.4

You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust--

Ps.1.4

Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Ps.1.4

The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Ps.1.4

But this is not true of the wicked. They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.

Ps.1.5

Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people.

Ps.1.5

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Ps.1.5

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Ps.1.5

They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly.

Ps.1.6

GOD charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.

Ps.1.6

For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Ps.1.6

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Ps.1.6

For the LORD watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.