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¹Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

²धार्मिक मानिसले परमप्रभुको शिक्षा मन पराउँदछ। ऊ परमप्रभुको शिक्षाहरूको विषयमा रात-दिन सोचिरहन्छ।

²but his delight is in Yahweh’s “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. law. On his law he meditates day and night.

³यसकारण त्यो मानिस खोलाको पानीले सिंचेको रूख जस्तै बलियो हुन्छ ऊ ठीक समय फल दिने रूख सरह हो। ऊ पातहरू भएको रूख जस्तै हो जो मर्दैन उसले गरेको प्रत्येक काम सफल हुन्छ।

³He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

⁴तर दुष्ट मानिसहरू त्यस्ता हुँदैनन्। दुष्ट मानिसहरूलाई भूसलाई जस्तै हावाले उडाई लान्छ।

⁴The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

⁵यदि सबै धर्मी मानिसहरू अदालतको मुद्दा निर्णय गर्न भेला हुन्छन् तब दुष्ट मानिसहरू दोषी प्रमाणित हुनेछन। ती पापीहरूलाई निर्दोष भनेर न्याय गरिने छैन।

⁵Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

⁶किन? किनभने परमप्रभुले धर्मी मानिसहरूको रक्षा गर्नुहुन्छ, तर दुष्ट मानिसहरूलाई नष्ट गर्नुहुन्छ।

⁶For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.