psalm

Book 1

(Psalms 1-41)

1 
Great blessings belong to those

who don’t listen to evil advice,

who don’t live like sinners,

and who don’t join those who make fun of God.[a]

2 Instead, they love the Lord’s teachings

and think about them day and night.

3 So they grow strong,

like a tree planted by a stream—

a tree that produces fruit when it should

and has leaves that never fall.

Everything they do is successful.

4 But the wicked are not like that.

They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

5 When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty.

Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.[b]

6 The Lord shows his people how to live,

but the wicked have lost their way.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 Or “The one who does not follow the advice of the wicked or turn onto Sinners Road or stay at Scoffers’ House is blessed.”
  2. Psalm 1:5 Or “The wicked will not be allowed to sit as judges nor sinners in the meeting of good people.”