Psalm 1

BOOK I

(Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

THE TWO WAYS

¹How 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

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

and he meditates on it day and night.^b

³He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams^A

that bears its fruit in its season,^c

and its leaf does not wither.^d

Whatever he does prospers.^e

⁴The wicked are not like this;

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

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

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.ⁱ