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 FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by 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.

And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

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

Not so the wicked; but they are like the 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 shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.