Psalms 1

1 How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, —and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

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, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight, —and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night.

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

3 So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, —that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

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 lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

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

5 For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment, —nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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 Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.

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