Psalm 1

BOOK I

(Psalms 1–41)

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 ^c

that bears its fruit in its season, ^d

and its leaf does not wither. ^e

Whatever he does prospers. ^f

⁴The wicked are not like this;

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

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

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

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