Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of mockers.

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 his delight is in the law of Yahweh, and on his law he meditates 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 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaves do not wither; whatever he does will prosper.

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 The wicked are not so, but are instead like the chaff that the wind drives away.

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

5 So the wicked will 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 approves of the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

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