Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the one who doesn't follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join in with scoffers.

“BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

4 Not so with the wicked; instead, they are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.