Psalms 1

1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.