< Psalms 1 >
1 BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
Blago čovjeku koji ne slijedi savjeta opakih, ne staje na putu grešničkom i ne sjeda u zbor podrugljivaca,
2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.
već uživa u Zakonu Jahvinu, o Zakonu njegovu misli dan i noć.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.
On je k'o stablo zasađeno pokraj voda tekućica što u svoje vrijeme plod donosi; lišće mu nikad ne vene, sve što radi dobrim urodi.
4 Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Nisu takvi opaki, ne, nisu takvi! Oni su k'o pljeva što je vjetar raznosi.
5 Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Stoga se opaki neće održati na sudu, ni grešnici u zajednici pravednih.
6 For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.
Jer Jahve zna put pravednih, a propast će put opakih.