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;

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 whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts 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 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 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 the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

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