Psalms 1

1 BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

“BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

4 Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

6 For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.