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.

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;

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

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

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

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

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

Therefore the wicked do not rise in 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 YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!