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 are those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, not halting in ways frequented by sinners, nor taking a seat in a gathering of scoffers.

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

But the law of the Lord is their joy, they study it 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.

They are like trees planted by runlets of water, yielding fruit in due season, leaves never fading. In all that they do, they prosper.

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

Not so fare the wicked, not so; like chaff are they, blown by the wind.

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

So the wicked will not stand firm in the judgment, nor sinners appear, when the righteous are gathered.

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

For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.