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;

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

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.

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

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

The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

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

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

6 For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.