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 who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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 Adonai’s Torah ·Teaching·. On his torot ·teachings· he meditates 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.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. 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 wicked 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 wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the upright.

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

For Adonai knows the way of the upright, but the way of the wicked shall perish.