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Psalm 1

“ How blessed is the man who  does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,  Nor stand in the path of sinners,  Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.   He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,  Which yields its fruit in its season  And its leaf does not wither;  And in whatever he does, he prospers.   The wicked are not so,  But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,  Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,  But the way of the wicked will perish.” Psalm 1 from NASB This first psalm is an introduction to the psalter.  These six verses picture a blessed life. Blessed…..that word is sometimes misused in my opinion.  A reading of Jesus’ teaching from the mountainside in Matthew 5 shows us being blessed isn’t ab...