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Psalms 1
Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.
- 1WEBBlessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;KJVBlessed 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.
- 2WEBbut his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.KJVBut his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- 3WEBHe will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.KJVAnd 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.
- 4WEBThe wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.KJVThe ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- 5WEBTherefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.KJVTherefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- 6WEBFor Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.KJVFor the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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