Psalms 1

1 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;

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

3 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.

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered.

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

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

5 Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

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

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.