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Psalms 1 comparison

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1
KJV

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

OJPS

BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

2
KJV

But his delight is in the law of the LORD ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

OJPS

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

3
KJV

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

OJPS

And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

4
KJV

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

OJPS

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5
KJV

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

OJPS

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6
KJV

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

OJPS

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.