Psaumes 1

1 Bienheureux est l'homme qui ne vit point selon le conseil des méchants, et qui ne s'arrête point dans la voie des pécheurs, et qui ne s'assied point au banc des moqueurs;

[God] is pleased with those who do not do what [MET] wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of [MET] sinful people, and who do not join in with people who (ridicule/sneer at) [God].

2 Mais qui prend plaisir en la Loi de l'Eternel, et qui médite jour et nuit en sa Loi.

Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do. They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night.

3 Car il sera comme un arbre planté près des ruisseaux d'eaux, qui rend son fruit en sa saison, et duquel le feuillage ne se flétrit point; et [ainsi] tout ce qu'il fera prospérera.

They [constantly produce/do things that please God] just like fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year. [Like] trees that never wither, they succeed in everything that they do.

4 Il n'en sera pas ainsi des méchants; mais ils seront comme la balle que le vent chasse au loin.

But wicked people are not like that! Wicked people are [as worthless as] chaff that is blown away by the wind.

5 C'est pourquoi les méchants ne subsisteront point en jugement, ni les pécheurs dans l'assemblée des justes.

Therefore, wicked people (will not be acquitted/will be condemned) [LIT] when [God] judges people, and furthermore, sinful people will not even be present when [God] gathers righteous people together,

6 Car l'Eternel connaît la voie des justes; mais la voie des méchants périra.

because he guides and protects righteous people, but the path that the wicked walk on leads them to where they will be destroyed/punished [by God forever].