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.

O the blessedness of that one, Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of scorners;

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 YHWH, And in His law he meditates by day and by 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 has been as a tree, Planted by streams of water, That gives its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither, And all that he does he causes to prosper.

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

Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away!

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

Therefore the wicked do not rise in judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation 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 YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!