BOOK ONE: Psalms 1—41
The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly
1 Blessedisthe man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
# Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 Buthis delightisin the law of theLord,
# And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
# Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
# And whatever he does shallprosper.
4 The ungodlyarenot so,
# Butarelike the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 FortheLordknows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.