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.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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