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He is like a tree(A)
    planted near streams of water,
    that yields its fruit in season;
Its leaves never wither;
    whatever he does prospers.

II

But not so are the wicked,[a] not so!
    They are like chaff driven by the wind.(B)
Therefore the wicked will not arise at the judgment,
    nor will sinners in the assembly of the just.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 The wicked: those who by their actions distance themselves from God’s life-giving presence.

That person is like a tree(A) planted by streams(B) of water,(C)
    which yields its fruit(D) in season
and whose leaf(E) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(F)

Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff(G)
    that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand(H) in the judgment,(I)
    nor sinners in the assembly(J) of the righteous.

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