He is like a tree planted beside streams of water[a]
that bears its fruit in season[b](A)
and whose leaf does not wither.(B)
Whatever he does prospers.(C)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:3 Or beside irrigation canals
  2. Psalm 1:3 Lit in its season
  3. Psalm 1:5 Lit stand in

That person is like a tree(A) planted by streams(B) of water,(C)
    which yields its fruit(D) in season
and whose leaf(E) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(F)

Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff(G)
    that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand(H) in the judgment,(I)
    nor sinners in the assembly(J) of the righteous.

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