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;

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.

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

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

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.

4 Not so, the lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

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

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

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

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

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