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;

O the blessedness of that one, Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat in the seat of scorners;

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

But his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, And in His law he meditates by day and by 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 has been as a tree, Planted by streams of water, That gives its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither, And all that he does he causes to prosper.

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

Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away!

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

Therefore the wicked do not rise in judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous,

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

For YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!