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 does not walk in the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of mockers.

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

But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, and on his law he meditates 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.

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.

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

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

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

So the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

For Yahweh approves of the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.