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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 1, Verse 6

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Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
King James Version
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
American Standard Version
For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
New English Translation
Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
World English Bible
For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
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Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
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Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
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Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
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Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.
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Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
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Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.