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 walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

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

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate 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 shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

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

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from 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 ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel 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 righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.