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 are those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, not halting in ways frequented by sinners, nor taking a seat in a gathering of scoffers.

2 But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it 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.

They are like trees planted by runlets of water, yielding fruit in due season, leaves never fading. In all that they do, they prosper.

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

Not so fare the wicked, not so; like chaff are they, blown by the wind.

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

So the wicked will not stand firm in the judgment, nor sinners appear, when the righteous are gathered.

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

For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.