Psalms 1 — The Old Testament Book of Psalms

¹ Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the way() of sinners,
nor sit in company with scoffers.()

² Rather, the law of the LORD(3) is his joy;
and on his law he meditates day and night.()

³ He is like a tree()
planted near streams of water,
that yields its fruit in season;
Its leaves never wither;
whatever he does prospers.

⁴ But not so are the wicked,() not so!
They are like chaff driven by the wind.()

⁵ Therefore the wicked will not arise at the judgment,
nor will sinners in the assembly of the just.

⁶ Because the LORD knows the way of the just,()
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.