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 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.

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

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

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.

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

Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

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

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

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

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