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 hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor 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 in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate 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 shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

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

Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from 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 wicked shall not rise 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 knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.