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.

BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat 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 doth 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 streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

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

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth 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 wicked 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 regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.