Psa 1, Psa 43 | ESV | STEP | Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked , nor stands in the way of sinners , nor sits in the seat of scoffers ;

Psalms 1

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man ^{▼▼The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface}
who ^bwalks not in ^cthe counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in ^dthe way of sinners,
nor ^esits in ^fthe seat of ^gscoffers;
2 but his ^hdelight is in the law ^{▼▼Or instruction} of the Lord,
and on his ^jlaw he meditates day and night.
3 He is like ^ka tree
planted by ^lstreams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its ^mleaf does not wither.
ⁿIn all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like ^ochaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked ^pwill not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in ^qthe congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord ^rknows ^sthe way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalms 43

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

1 ^tVindicate me, O God, and ^udefend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from ^vthe deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
2 For you are ^wthe God in whom I take refuge;
why have you ^xrejected me?
Why do I ^ygo about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 ^zSend out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^aaholy hill
and to your ^abdwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 ^acWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
^adHope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.