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Psalm 1:1–6 (NRSV)
1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;
2 but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.
3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.
4 The wicked are not so but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
The Two Ways
The way of blessedness is filled with endless, sacred joys.
Taking leave of sinful paths, turning from the mocking laugh, yielding not to rebel’s sway, find joy in peaceful ways.
The way of blessedness is found in wisdom from above.
Daily feast on heav’ns delight, fill one’s mind with truth and light, rest in verity all night, is life in all that’s right.
The way of blessedness is filled with fruit abundant, fresh.
Nourished by the Word of God, planted deep in heaven’s sod, living full the Spirit’s life, devoted and upright.
The way of judgment leads to loss, is barren, bare, and tossed.
Driving winds of circumstance, living life by pointless chance, wasted opportunities to know the living God.
The way of judgment leads to pain, estranged from God’s good life.
Never knowing blessedness, life condemned to fruitlessness, absent from the fellowship of people blessed by God.
The way of blessedness is closely guarded by the Lord, but those who choose the judgment way find death is their reward.
I Shall Not Be Moved
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