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Psalm 1 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

The Two Ways

1 How happy is the man
who does not follow[a] the advice of the wicked
or take[b] the path of sinners
or join a group[c] of mockers!(A)
2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.(B)
3 He is like a tree planted beside streams of water[d]
that bears its fruit in season[e](C)
and whose leaf does not wither.(D)
Whatever he does prospers.(E)

4 The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.(F)
5 Therefore the wicked will not survive[f] the judgment,(G)
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,(H)
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.(I)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 Lit not walk in
  2. Psalm 1:1 Lit stand in
  3. Psalm 1:1 Or or sit in the seat
  4. Psalm 1:3 Or beside irrigation canals
  5. Psalm 1:3 Lit in its season
  6. Psalm 1:5 Lit stand in

Cross references

  1. 1:1 : Ps 26:4-5; Pr 4:14-15
  2. 1:2 : Jos 1:8; Ps 40:8; 119:14-16
  3. 1:3 : Rv 22:2
  4. 1:3 : Ps 92:12-14; Jr 17:8
  5. 1:3 : Dt 5:33
  6. 1:4 : Jb 21:18; Ps 35:5; Hs 13:3
  7. 1:5 : Ps 5:5; 9:16; 76:7; Jr 25:31
  8. 1:6 : Jb 34:21; Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; Jn 10:14; 2Tm 2:19
  9. 1:6 : Pr 21:12; Jn 3:16

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