BOOK I

(Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

THE TWO WAYS

1 How happy is the one who does not

walk in the advice of the wicked

or stand in the pathway with sinners

or sit in the company of mockers!a

2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,

and he meditates on it day and night.b

3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streamsA

that bears its fruit in its season,c

and its leaf does not wither.d

Whatever he does prospers.e

4 The wicked are not like this;

instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.f

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,g

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,h

but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.i