Psalm 1

BOOK 1

PSALM 1

The Way of the Righteous and Wicked

¹How blessed is the man who ^adoes not walk in the ^bcounsel of the wicked,

Nor stand in the ^cway of sinners,

Nor ^dsit in the seat of scoffers!

²But his ^adelight is ^bin the law of ¹Yahweh,

And in His law he meditates ^cday and ^dnight.

³And he will be like ^aa tree firmly planted by ¹streams of water,

Which yields its fruit in its season

And its ²leaf does not wither;

And ³in whatever he does, ^bhe prospers.

⁴The wicked are not so,

But they are like ^achaff which the wind drives away.

⁵Therefore ^athe wicked will not rise in the ^bjudgment,

Nor sinners in ^cthe congregation of the righteous.

⁶For Yahweh ^1aknows the way of the righteous,

But the way of ^bthe wicked will perish.