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Psalms 1:4

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The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

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Verse 4. Not so. Hebrew “but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.” Bible.—They are inconstant (Saint Jerome) in the good resolutions which they sometimes form. Bible. Job 21:18.—The good corn remains, but they are tossed about by every wind, and their memory perishes with all their children and effects. Calmet.—They yield to the slightest temptation. Worthington.

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