1   
Happy are those
  who reject the advice of evil men,
  who do not follow the example of sinners
  or join those who have no use for God.

2   
Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord,
  and they study it day and night.

3   
They are like trees that grow beside a stream,
  that bear fruit at the right time,
  and whose leaves do not dry up.
They succeed in everything they do. ^note

4   
But evil men are not like this at all;
  they are like straw that the wind blows away.

5   
Sinners will be condemned by God
  and kept apart from God's own people.

6   
The righteous are guided and protected by the Lord,
  but the evil are on the way to their doom.

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