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.

Blagoslovljen je človek, ki ne hodi po nasvetu brezbožnih niti ne stoji na poti grešnikov niti ne poseda na sedežu posmehljivcev.

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

Temveč je njegovo veselje v Gospodovi postavi in o njegovi postavi premišljuje podnevi in ponoči.

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.

On bo kakor drevo, posajeno ob rekah vodá, ki prinaša svoj sad ob svojem času. Prav tako njegovo listje ne bo ovenelo in karkoli dela, bo uspelo.

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

Brezbožni niso takšni, temveč so kakor pleve, ki jih veter odnaša.

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

Zato brezbožni ne bodo obstali na sodbi niti grešniki v skupnosti pravičnih.

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

Kajti Gospod pozna pot pravičnih, toda pot brezbožnih bo izginila.