Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

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 his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

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

3 And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered.

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 Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgement, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

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

6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.