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 doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates 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 streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

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

The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives 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 shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.