BOOK 1

The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.

1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
          Nor stand in the path of sinners,
          Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
          And in His law he meditates day and night.

3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
          Which yields its fruit in its season
          And its leaf does not wither;
          And in whatever he does, he prospers.

4 The wicked are not so,
          But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

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

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
          But the way of the wicked will perish.