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The Psalms (Septuagint) 1.2 · 1.2

But his delight is in the law of the Lord

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ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός.

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ἀλλ᾽all’butratherἐνeninτῷtō̂itheνόμῳnómōilawΚυρίουKyríouof the Lordτὸtheθέλημαthélēmawillαὐτοῦautoûhis,καὶkaíandἐνeninτῷtō̂itheνόμῳnómōilawαὐτοῦautoûhisμελετήσειmeletḗseihe will meditateἡμέραςhēmérasdayκαὶkaíandνυκτόςnyktósnight.

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The turn from the negative to the positive: what the blessed man does instead. His whole "will" bends toward the Lord’s law, chewed over (μελετάω) day and night.

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