Psalms 1

1 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;

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

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 lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

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

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

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

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

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