Psalms 1

1 Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.

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 Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

3 They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.

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 But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.

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

5 For this reason the wicked will not survive the judgment—sinners have no place among those who live right.

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

6 For the Lord watches over those who follow the right way, but the way of the wicked leads to death.

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