Mazmur 1

1 Berbahagialah orang yang tidak mengikuti nasihat orang jahat, tidak mencontoh orang berdosa dan tidak bergaul dengan orang yang menghina Allah,

[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].

2 tetapi yang suka melakukan Perintah TUHAN dan merenungkannya siang malam.

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.

3 Orang itu berhasil dalam segala usahanya; ia seperti pohon di tepi sungai yang berbuah pada musimnya dan tak pernah layu daunnya.

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.

4 Sebaliknya orang jahat: ia seperti sekam yang dihamburkan angin.

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

5 Orang jahat akan dihukum Allah, hakimnya dan dipisahkan dari umat-Nya.

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,

6 Sebab orang taat dibimbing dan dilindungi TUHAN, tetapi orang jahat menuju kepada kebinasaan.

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].