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;

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal·, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

but his delight is in Adonai’s Torah ·Teaching·. On his torot ·teachings· he meditates 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.

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] as chaff that wind drives away!

The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

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

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· in the congregation of the upright.

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

For Adonai knows the way of the upright, but the way of the wicked shall perish.