Psalm 1

New International Version

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

¹Blessed is the one^(A)
    who does not walk^(B) in step with the wicked^(C)
or stand in the way^(D) that sinners take^(E)
    or sit^(F) in the company of mockers,^(G)
²but whose delight^(H) is in the law of the Lord,^(I)
    and who meditates^(J) on his law day and night.
³That person is like a tree^(K) planted by streams^(L) of water,^(M)
    which yields its fruit^(N) in season
and whose leaf^(O) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.^(P)

⁴Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff^(Q)
    that the wind blows away.
⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand^(R) in the judgment,^(S)
    nor sinners in the assembly^(T) of the righteous.

⁶For the Lord watches over^(U) the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.^(V)

Jeremiah 13:20-27

New International Version

²⁰Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.^(A)
Where is the flock^(B) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?
²¹What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?^(C)
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?^(D)
²²And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”^(E)—
it is because of your many sins^(F)
    that your skirts have been torn off^(G)
    and your body mistreated.^(H)
²³Can an Ethiopian^[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.^(I)

²⁴“I will scatter you like chaff^(J)
    driven by the desert wind.^(K)
²⁵This is your lot,
    the portion^(L) I have decreed for you,”
declares the Lord,
“because you have forgotten^(M) me
    and trusted in false gods.^(N)
²⁶I will pull up your skirts over your face
    that your shame may be seen^(O)—
²⁷your adulteries and lustful neighings,
    your shameless prostitution!^(P)
I have seen your detestable acts
    on the hills and in the fields.^(Q)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
    How long will you be unclean?”^(R)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)

1 Peter 1:17-2:1

New International Version

¹⁷Since you call on a Father^(A) who judges each person’s work^(B) impartially,^(C) live out your time as foreigners^(D) here in reverent fear.^(E) ¹⁸For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed^(F) from the empty way of life^(G) handed down to you from your ancestors, ¹⁹but with the precious blood^(H) of Christ, a lamb^(I) without blemish or defect.^(J) ²⁰He was chosen before the creation of the world,^(K) but was revealed in these last times^(L) for your sake. ²¹Through him you believe in God,^(M) who raised him from the dead^(N) and glorified him,^(O) and so your faith and hope^(P) are in God.

²²Now that you have purified^(Q) yourselves by obeying^(R) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,^(S) from the heart.^[a] ²³For you have been born again,^(T) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(U) through the living and enduring word of God.^(V) ²⁴For,

“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
²⁵ but the word of the Lord endures forever.”^[b]^(W)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

2 Therefore, rid yourselves^(X) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander^(Y) of every kind.