Psa 1 | HCSB | STEP | How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path of sinners or join a group of mockers !

Psalms 1

Psalms

BOOK I

(Psalms 1-41)

The Two Ways

1
How happy is the man

who does not follow ^{▼▼Lit not walk in} the advice of the wicked
or take ^{▼▼Lit stand in} the path of sinners
or join a group ^{▼▼Or or sit in the seat} of mockers! ^d
2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night. ^e
3 He is like a tree planted beside streams of water ^{▼▼Or beside irrigation canals}
that bears its fruit in season ^{▼▼Lit in its season
,} ^h
and whose leaf does not wither. ⁱ
Whatever he does prospers. ^j

4 The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away. ^k
5 Therefore the wicked will not survive ^{▼▼Lit stand in} the judgment, ^m
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, ⁿ
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin. ^o