1 B lessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

2 b ut his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

3 H e will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

4 T he wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 T herefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 F or Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.