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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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