Psalms 1

1 [God] is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people, and who do not join in with people who (ridicule/sneer at) [God].

Bienheureux l’homme qui ne marche pas dans le conseil des méchants, et ne se tient pas dans le chemin des pécheurs, et ne s’assied pas au siège des moqueurs,

2 Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do. They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night.

Mais qui a son plaisir en la loi de l’Éternel, et médite dans sa loi jour et nuit!

3 They [constantly produce/do things that please God] just like fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year. [Like] trees that never wither, they succeed in everything that they do.

Et il sera comme un arbre planté près des ruisseaux d’eaux, qui rend son fruit en sa saison, et dont la feuille ne se flétrit point; et tout ce qu’il fait prospère.

4 But wicked people are not like that! Wicked people are [as worthless as] chaff that is blown away by the wind.

Il n’en est pas ainsi des méchants, mais ils sont comme la balle que le vent chasse.

5 Therefore, wicked people (will not be acquitted/will be condemned) [LIT] when [God] judges people, and furthermore, sinful people will not even be present when [God] gathers righteous people together,

C’est pourquoi les méchants ne subsisteront point dans le jugement, ni les pécheurs dans l’assemblée des justes;

6 because he guides and protects righteous people, but the path that the wicked walk on leads them to where they will be destroyed/punished [by God forever].

Car l’Éternel connaît la voie des justes; mais la voie des méchants périra.