Psalms 1

¹Blessed 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 ;

²but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night .

³He 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 .

⁴The wicked are not so , but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment , nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous ;

⁶for the Lord knows the way of the righteous , but the way of the wicked will perish .