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.

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 the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

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

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 with the wicked; instead, they are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

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

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the 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 the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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