Psalms 1— MSG

1How well God must like you - you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.

2Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night.

3You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.

4You're not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust -

5Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people.

6God charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row.

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