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 I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

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 the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate 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 streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he 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 the wicked shall not 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 shall perish.