Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

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.

2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

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

3 And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

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.

4 Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

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

5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

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,

6 For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

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