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;

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 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 his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate 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 [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

4 Not so, the lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

The wicked are not so; but are as 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 the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.