1How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.
4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.
5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
