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;

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

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

But — in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by 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 hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

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

Not so the wicked: But — as chaff that wind driveth away!

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

Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

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

For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!