I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}

ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide {is} the gate, and broad {is} the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow}

But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

O taste and see that the LORD {is} good: blessed {is} the man {that} trusteth in him.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way {that is} not good; he abhorreth not evil. {mischief: or, vanity}

Lo, their good {is} not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. {having...: or, having overcome all}

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. {digged...: or, houghed oxen}

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors {is} hard.

Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Blessed {are} they that keep judgment, {and} he that doeth righteousness at all times.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels. {unto...: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination}

Blessed {is} the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

O LORD of hosts, blessed {is} the man that trusteth in thee.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but {if} thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear {it}.

Blessed {are} they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Happy {is that} people, that is in such a case: {yea}, happy {is that} people, whose God {is} the LORD.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed {are} they that have not seen, and {yet} have believed.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

[{A Psalm} of David, Maschil.] Blessed {is he whose} transgression {is} forgiven, {whose} sin {is} covered. {A Psalm...: or, A Psalm of David giving instruction}

For the time past of {our} life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

Happy {is he} that {hath} the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope {is} in the LORD his God:

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. {as if...: Heb. was it a light thing, etc}

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish {from} the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed {are} all they that put their trust in him.

The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless {us}; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

{Is it} good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? {work: Heb. labour}

Happy {art} thou, O Israel: who {is} like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who {is} the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. {found...: or, subdued}

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

And Enoch walked with God: and he {was} not; for God took him.

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) {he was} of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed {it} unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {have...: or, do wisely}

But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean {thing}; and I will receive you,

BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word.

Where {there is} no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy {is} he. {perish: or, is made naked}

[A Song of degrees.] Blessed {is} every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

Blessed {are} the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as {with} a shield. {compass: Heb. crown}

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

[{A Psalm} of David, Maschil.] Blessed {is he whose} transgression {is} forgiven, {whose} sin {is} covered. {A Psalm...: or, A Psalm of David giving instruction}

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways.

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Lo, their good {is} not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth {it}; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

[A Psalm of David.] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? {abide: Heb. sojourn}

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Fret not thyself because of evil {men}, neither be thou envious at the wicked; {Fret...: or, Keep not company with the wicked}

Joseph {is} a fruitful bough, {even} a fruitful bough by a well; {whose} branches run over the wall: {branches: Heb. daughters}

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. {in due time: or, according to the time}

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked {him} with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. {brought...: or, impoverished, or, weakened}

Proud {and} haughty scorner {is} his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. {in proud...: Heb. in the wrath of pride}

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; {righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses} {uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses} {oppressions: or, deceits} {blood: Heb. bloods}

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

In the day of our king the princes have made {him} sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. {bottles...: or, heat through wine}

And blessed is {he}, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, {and} cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

But he denied before {them} all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

Blessed {is} the man {that} doeth this, and the son of man {that} layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Yet he filled their houses with good {things}: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. {For the...: or, For he doth much keep the, etc} {desolation: or, astonishment}

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. {digged...: or, houghed oxen}

Blessed {are} they that keep judgment, {and} he that doeth righteousness at all times.

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep {it}, and bring forth fruit with patience.

He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, {and} cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: