Psalm 1 

New American Standard Bible 

BOOK 1 

The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted. 

1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the [a] path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by [b] streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its [c] leaf does not wither; And [d] in whatever he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD [e] knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.  

Footnotes 

a. Psalm 1:1 Or way 

b. Psalm 1:3 Or canals 

c. Psalm 1:3 Or foliage 

d. Psalm 1:3 Or all that he does prospers 

e. Psalm 1:6 Or approves or has regard to  

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