Psalm 1:1-6 - The Ways Of The Righteous And The Wicked

¹ BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!
² Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.
³ He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

⁴ The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not survive the judgment,
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

⁶ For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.