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.

How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, —and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

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

But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight, —and, in his law, doth he talk with himself 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.

So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, —that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

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

Not so, the lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

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

For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment, —nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.