Psalms 1 The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

    1      Blessed is the man

    Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

      Nor stands in the path of sinners,

      Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

    2      But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

      And in His law he meditates day and night.

    3      He shall be like a tree

      Planted by the rivers of water,

      That brings forth its fruit in its season,

      Whose leaf also shall not wither;

    And whatever he does shall prosper.

    4      The ungodly are not so,

    But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

    5      Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

    Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6      For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,

    But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ps 1:1–6.