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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/42.htm" title="Job 42">◄</a> Psalm 1 <a href="../psalms/2.htm" title="Psalm 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch23001" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">First Book—Psalms 1–41</h1> <h1 id="cn23001" class="cn"><a class="xlef" hlef="#rbk23"><span class="ac">Psalm</span> 1</a><a id="rfn23001000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23001000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 class="cs">True Happiness in God’s Law</h1> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23001001" class="ver">1</span>Blessed is the man who does not walk</p> <p class="sl1">in the counsel of the wicked,</p> <p class="sl">Nor stand in the way<a id="rfn23001001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23001001-1">*</a> of sinners,</p> <p class="sl1">nor sit in company with scoffers.<a id="ren23001001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23001001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23001002" class="ver">2</span>Rather, the law of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span><a id="rfn23001002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23001002-1">*</a> is his joy;</p> <p class="sl1">and on his law he meditates day and night.<a id="ren23001002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23001002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23001003" class="ver">3</span>He is like a tree<a id="ren23001003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23001003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">planted near streams of water,</p> <p class="sl1">that yields its fruit in season;</p> <p class="sl">Its leaves never wither;</p> <p class="sl1">whatever he does prospers.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23001004" class="ver">4</span>But not so are the wicked,<a id="rfn23001004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23001004-1">*</a> not so!</p> <p class="sl1">They are like chaff driven by the wind.<a id="ren23001004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23001004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23001005" class="ver">5</span>Therefore the wicked will not arise at the judgment,</p> <p class="sl1">nor will sinners in the assembly of the just.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23001006" class="ver">6</span>Because the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> knows the way of the just,<a id="ren23001006-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23001006-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div 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