Psalm 1:1–2:12

¹Blessed ^ais the man

Who walks not in the counsel of the ¹ungodly,

Nor stands in the path of sinners,

^bNor sits in the seat of the scornful;

²But ^chis delight is in the law of the Lord,

^dAnd in His law he ²meditates day and night.

³He shall be like a tree

^ePlanted by the ³rivers of water,

That brings forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall ^fprosper.

⁴The ungodly are not so,

But are ^glike the chaff which the wind drives away.

⁵Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

⁶For ^hthe Lord knows the way of the righteous,

But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 2

¹Why ^ado the ¹nations ²rage,

And the people plot a ³vain thing?

²The kings of the earth set themselves,

And the ^brulers take counsel together,

Against the Lord and against His ^cAnointed, ⁴saying,

³“Let ^dus break Their bonds in pieces

And cast away Their cords from us.”

⁴He who sits in the heavens ^eshall laugh;

The Lord shall hold them in derision.

⁵Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,

And distress them in His deep displeasure:

⁶“Yet I have ⁵set My King

⁶On My holy hill of Zion.”

⁷“I will declare the ⁷decree:

The Lord has said to Me,

^f‘You are My Son,

Today I have begotten You.

⁸Ask of Me, and I will give You

The nations for Your inheritance,

And the ends of the earth for Your possession.

^9gYou shall ⁸break them with a rod of iron;

You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

¹⁰Now therefore, be wise, O kings;

Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

¹¹Serve the Lord with fear,

And rejoice with trembling.

¹²⁹Kiss the Son, lest ¹He be angry,

And you perish in the way,

When ^hHis wrath is kindled but a little.

ⁱBlessed are all those who put their trust in Him.