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].

Heil sei dem Mann, der nach der Frevler Rat nicht wandelt, nicht auf dem Weg der Sünder bleibt, nicht in der Spötter Runde weilt,

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.

den nur des Herren Lehre freut, der seine Lehre Tag und Nacht betrachtet!

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.

Er grünet wie der Baum, verpflanzt an Wasserbäche, der Früchte trägt zur rechten Zeit, und dessen Laub nicht welkt. Und was er tut, gerät ihm gut.

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

Nicht so die Frevler! Sie sind wie Spreu, die jeder Wind verweht.

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,

Drum halten Frevler nicht in dem Gerichte stand; die Sünder sind nicht bei der Frommen Sammlung.

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].

Der Frommen Weg: des Herren Sorge; der Frevler Weg: der Untergang.