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;

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

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 whose mind is on his law 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 rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

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

The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

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

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

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

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.