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


 * Not so the wicked;
 * But they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away,
 * Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
 * Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
 * For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous,
 * But the way of the wicked shall perish.


 * Why are the nations in an uproar?
 * And why do the peoples mutter in vain?
 * The kings of the earth stand up,
 * And the rulers take counsel together,
 * Against the, and against His anointed:
 * 'Let us break their bands asunder,
 * And cast away their cords from us.'


 * He that sitteth in heaven laugheth,
 * The Lord hath them in derision.
 * Then will He speak unto them in His wrath,
 * And affright them in His sore displeasure:
 * 'Truly it is I that have established My king
 * Upon Zion, My holy mountain.'


 * I will tell of the decree:
 * The said unto me: 'Thou art My son,
 * This day have I begotten thee.
 * Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance,
 * And the ends of the earth for thy possession.
 * Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
 * Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'


 * Now therefore, ye kings, be wise;
 * Be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
 * Serve the with fear,
 * And rejoice with trembling.
 * Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way,
 * When suddenly His wrath is kindled.


 * Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.