Psalms 1

1 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, stood in the way of sinners, or sat in the seat of corrupt people.

2 Instead, his desire is in the Lord’s law, and he will meditate on his law day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted beside streams of water, which gives its fruit in season and whose leaf does not fall. Everything he does will prosper.

4 Not so the ungodly—not so! They are like chaff that the wind scatters from the face of the earth.

5 Therefore the ungodly will not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the righteous.

6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly will perish.