I do not sit(A) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.(B)

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I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

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17 I never sat(A) in the company of revelers,
    never made merry with them;
I sat alone because your hand(B) was on me
    and you had filled me with indignation.

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17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

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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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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.

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

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20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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115 Away from me,(A) you evildoers,
    that I may keep the commands of my God!

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115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

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63 I am a friend to all who fear you,(A)
    to all who follow your precepts.(B)

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63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

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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

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

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33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good character.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33 From the Greek poet Menander

33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies have no sense.(A)

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11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

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

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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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