Žalm 1 - English Standard Version

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man1 who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

Jb 21,16Ž 26,4Ž 107,32Př 1,10Př 1,22Př 3,34Př 4,14Př 19,29Př 21,24Př 29,8Iz 28,14Jr 15,17

2 but his delight is in the law2 of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Jz 1,8Ž 112,1Ž 119,1Ž 119,35Ž 119,47Ž 119,92Ž 119,97

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Gn 39,3Gn 39,23Nu 24,6Jb 29,19Ž 46,4Ž 128,2Iz 3,10Iz 34,4Jr 17,8Ez 19,10Ez 47,12

4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

Ž 5,5Ž 76,7Ez 13,9Na 1,6L 21,36Ef 6,13

6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Ž 31,7Ž 37,5Ž 37,18Ž 144,3Na 1,7J 10,142Tm 2,19

1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface

2 Or instruction

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