The Truly Happy Person Psalm 1

Published: May 8, 2018, 5:52 p.m.

b'What does it take to be a happy person and lead a righteous life? We think there\\u2019s more than meets the eye when it comes to this psalm.\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nPsalm 1\\nThe truly happy person\\ndoesn\\u2019t follow wicked advice,\\ndoesn\\u2019t stand on the road of sinners,\\nand doesn\\u2019t sit with the disrespectful.\\nInstead of doing those things,\\nthese persons love the Lord\\u2019s Instruction,\\nand they recite God\\u2019s Instruction day and night!\\nThey are like a tree replanted by streams of water,\\nwhich bears fruit at just the right time\\nand whose leaves don\\u2019t fade.\\nWhatever they do succeeds.\\nThat\\u2019s not true for the wicked!\\nThey are like dust that the wind blows away.\\nAnd that\\u2019s why the wicked will have no standing in the court of justice\\u2014\\nneither will sinners\\nin the assembly of the righteous.\\nThe Lord is intimately acquainted\\nwith the way of the righteous,\\nbut the way of the wicked is destroyed.\\nPhoto by Paucal\\nThe post The Truly Happy Person \\u2013 Psalm 1 appeared first on Queer Theology.'