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Psalm 1
New King James Version

## BOOK ONE

### Psalms 1–41

### The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

1 Blessed (A)is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
(B)Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But (C)his delight is in the law of the Lord,
(D)And in His law he [b]meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
(E)Planted by the [c]rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall (F)prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so,
But are (G)like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For (H)the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 1:1 wicked
2. Psalm 1:2 ponders by talking to himself
3. Psalm 1:3 channels

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 1:1 : Prov. 4:14
2. Psalm 1:1 : Ps. 26:4, 5; Jer. 15:17
3. Psalm 1:2 : Ps. 119:14, 16, 35
4. Psalm 1:2 : [Josh. 1:8]
5. Psalm 1:3 : [Ps. 92:12–14]; Jer. 17:8; Ezek. 19:10
6. Psalm 1:3 : Gen. 39:2, 3, 23; Ps. 128:2
7. Psalm 1:4 : Job 21:18; Ps. 35:5; Is. 17:13
8. Psalm 1:6 : Ps. 37:18; [Nah. 1:7; John 10:14; 2 Tim. 2:19]

New King James Version (NKJV)

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