[1:1] Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
[1:2] but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
[1:3] He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
[1:4] The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
[1:5] Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
[1:6] for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.