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;

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

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

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

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