Psalms 1

1 “BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

2 But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts day and night.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

4 Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.