Blessed are those who do not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers
NIV
BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
AMP
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.
KJV
But who delight in the law of the LORD and meditate on his law day and night.
NIV
But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. [Rom. 13:8-10; Gal. 3:1-29; II Tim. 3:16.]AMP
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
KJV
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
NIV
Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away.
AMP
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
KJV
For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.
NIV
For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God's will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).
AMP
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
KJV
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
NIV
Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God].
AMP
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
KJV
They are like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.
NIV
And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. [Jer. 17:7, 8.]AMP
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.
KJV
