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;

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 delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate 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 [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.

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

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

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

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

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