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;

Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

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

But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate 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.

And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

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

Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

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

Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

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

For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.