1Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of mockers.2Rather, his delight is in the Torah of the LORD, and in his Torah he mutters day and night.3He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf will not wither, and everything he does will prosper.4Not so the wicked, for they are only like chaff which the wind drives away.5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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Chapter 2
1Why do nations rage and peoples meditate vainly?2The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers station themselves together against the LORD and against his anointed.3Let us tear off his bonds and cast his cords from him.4The one sitting in the heavens will laugh; the Lord will mock them.5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath.6And I have set my king upon Zion, the mountain of my holiness.7I will proclaim to the LORD the decree. He said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you."8Ask of me, and I will give the nations your inheritance and the ends of the earth your possession.9You will shatter them with a rod of iron; you will dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.10Now then, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.11Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.12Kiss the son, lest he be angry and you perish in the way, for his anger blazes like a little. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.