BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

The Two Paths

¹ Blessed is the man

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,

or set foot^* on the path of sinners,

or sit in the seat of mockers.

² But his delight is in the Law of the LORD,

and on His law he meditates day and night.

³ He is like a tree planted by streams of water,

yielding its fruit in season,

whose leaf does not wither,

and who prospers in all he does.

⁴ Not so the wicked!

For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand^* in the judgment,

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶ For the LORD guards the path of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.