Psalm 1

BOOK I

(Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

The Two Ways

¹How happy is the man

who does not follow ^athe advice of the wicked

or take ^bthe path of sinners

or join a group ^cof mockers! ^d

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

and he meditates on it day and night. ^e

³He is like a tree planted beside streams of water ^f

that bears its fruit in season ^gh

and whose leaf does not wither. ⁱ

Whatever he does prospers. ^j

⁴The wicked are not like this;

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

⁵Therefore the wicked will not survive ^lthe judgment, ^m

and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

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

but the way of the wicked leads to ruin. ^o