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.

How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, —and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

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

But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight, —and, in his law, doth he talk with himself 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.

So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, —that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

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

Not so, the lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

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

For this cause, shall the lawless 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 Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.