Psalms 1

1 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.

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

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

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

3 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.

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

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

The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

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

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

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

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.