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Psalms 1

The first psalm contrasts two ways of life. The blessed person does not take direction from the wicked but delights in God's law and thinks on it day and night, growing like a tree by water. The wicked are like chaff the wind blows away.

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Key verses

  • Verse 1Happiness starts with whose advice you follow.
  • Verse 2The blessed person delights in God's word.
  • Verse 3Rooted in God, a life bears fruit in season.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.SelectedPsalms 1:1Ask

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.SelectedPsalms 1:2Ask

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.SelectedPsalms 1:3Ask

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.SelectedPsalms 1:4Ask

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.SelectedPsalms 1:5Ask

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.SelectedPsalms 1:6Ask

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