Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

2 but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

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

Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.