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He is like a tree planted beside streams—
a tree that produces fruit in season
and whose leaves do not wither.
He succeeds in everything he does.[a]

Wicked people are not like that.
Instead, they are like husks that the wind blows away.
That is why wicked people will not be able to stand in the judgment
and sinners will not be able to stand where righteous people gather.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:3 Or “and its leaves do not wither, and whatever it produces thrives.”

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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