Psalms 1

1 O the blessedness of that one, Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of scorners;

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;

2 But his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, And in His law he meditates by day and by night:

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

3 And he has been as a tree, Planted by streams of water, That gives its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither, And all that he does he causes to prosper.

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.

4 Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away!

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

5 Therefore the wicked do not rise in judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous,

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

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

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