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1:1 Wicked and godly roads
True Happiness; The Two Ways
1 A person will reap the benefits
if they don’t take advice from wicked people,
and don’t stand ≈around where sinners ≈go,
and don’t sit and join all the scoffers.
2 Instead, they enjoy Yahweh’s instructions
and think about them day and night.
3 Those people are like trees that are planted by a stream[ref]
and which produce fruit in season.
and they prosper in everything they do.[ref]
4 But wicked people won’t prosper—
they’re like straw that gets blown away by the wind.
5 The wicked people won’t be able to stand when God judges them,
and sinners won’t be able to join in the assembly of all the godly people,
6 because Yahweh knows the path chosen by godly people,
but the path of wicked people will be destroyed.
1 How_blessed the_man\f + \fr 1:1 \ft OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS.
Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
\f* who not he_walks in/on/at/with_advice_of wicked_people and_in/on/at/with_way_of sinners not he_stands and_in/on/at/with_seat_of mockers not he_sits.
2 If/because (if) in/on/at/with_law_of YHWH delight_of_his and_in/on/at/with_law_of_his he_meditates by_day and_night.
3 And_it_was like_tree planted at streams_of water which fruit_of_its it_gives in/on/at/with_season_of_its and_leaf_of_its not it_withers and_all/each/any/every that he_does it_succeeds.
4 Not are_so the_wicked if/because (if) like_the_chaff which drives_away_they wind.
5 On/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so not they_will_stand wicked_people in/on/at/with_judgement and_sinners in/on/at/with_assembly_of righteous_people.
6 If/because YHWH is_knowing the_way_of righteous_people and_way_of wicked_people it_will_perish.
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