Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.

2 But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.

3 And he [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.

4 The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.

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

For this reason the wicked will not survive the judgment—sinners have no place among those who live right.

6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

For the Lord watches over those who follow the right way, but the way of the wicked leads to death.