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.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

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

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates 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 is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

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

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

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

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.