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15 My child, don’t go along with them!
    Stay far away from their paths.

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15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(A) on their paths;(B)

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101 I have refused to walk on any evil path,
    so that I may remain obedient to your word.

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101 I have kept my feet(A) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.(B)

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Book one (Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

Oh, the joys of those who do not
    follow the advice of the wicked,
    or stand around with sinners,
    or join in with mockers.

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BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

Blessed 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)

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27 Don’t get sidetracked;
    keep your feet from following evil.

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27 Do not turn to the right or the left;(A)
    keep your foot from evil.

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17 Therefore, come out from among unbelievers,
    and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord.
Don’t touch their filthy things,
    and I will welcome you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:17 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34 (Greek version).

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them(A)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Isaiah 52:11; Ezek. 20:34,41

14 Don’t do as the wicked do,
    and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
15 Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
    Turn away and keep moving.

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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.

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I do not spend time with liars
    or go along with hypocrites.
I hate the gatherings of those who do evil,
    and I refuse to join in with the wicked.

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I do not sit(A) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.(B)
I abhor(C) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise;
    associate with fools and get in trouble.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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Stay away from her!
    Don’t go near the door of her house!

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Keep to a path far from her,(A)
    do not go near the door of her house,

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10 So this is what the Lord says to his people:
“You love to wander far from me
    and do not restrain yourselves.
Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people.
    Now I will remember all your wickedness
    and will punish you for your sins.”

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10 This is what the Lord says about this people:

“They greatly love to wander;
    they do not restrain their feet.(A)
So the Lord does not accept(B) them;
    he will now remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.”(D)

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Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
    learn to use good judgment.”

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Leave your simple ways and you will live;(A)
    walk in the way of insight.”(B)

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