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 happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners 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 Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate 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 hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

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

Not so the wicked: But — as chaff that wind driveth away!

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

Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

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

For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!