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1, 2, 3 (part).

Blessed is the man that walketh not in thecounsel of the wicked,

Nor standeth in the way of sinners,

Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers.

Bet his delight is in the law of Jehovah ;

And in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also doth not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The wicked are not so;

But 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 Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Why do the nations rage,

And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

''The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together,''

Against Jehovah, and against his anointed,

Saying, Let us break their bonds asunder,

And cast away their cords from us.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:

The Lord shall have them in derision.

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath,

And vex them in his sore displeasure:

Yet I have set my king

Upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will tell of the decree:

Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my Son;

This day have I begotten thee.

Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance,

And the uttermost parts 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 be wise, O ye kings:

Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Serve Jehovah with fear,

And rejoice with trembling.

'Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way,

For his wrath will soon be kindled.

Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.

I cry unto Jehovah with my voice,

And he answereth me out of his holy hill.