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.

Happy are those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, not halting in ways frequented by sinners, nor taking a seat in a gathering of scoffers.

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

But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it 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.

They are like trees planted by runlets of water, yielding fruit in due season, leaves never fading. In all that they do, they prosper.

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

Not so fare the wicked, not so; like chaff are they, blown by the wind.

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

So the wicked will not stand firm in the judgment, nor sinners appear, when the righteous are gathered.

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

For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.