Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

2 But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

4 Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.