PSALM 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked or stand in
the way of sinners or sit in the seat of
mockers.

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

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of
water, which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in
the judgment, nor sinners in the
assembly of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of
the righteous, but the way of the wicked
will perish.