Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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 delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate 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 [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

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 whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

4 The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

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

6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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