Psalm 1

Two Ways to Live

1 Happy are those who don’t listen to the wicked, who don’t go where sinners go, who don’t do what evil people do.

2 They love the Lord’s teachings, and they think about those teachings day and night.

3 They are strong, like a tree planted by a river. The tree produces fruit in season, and its leaves don’t die.
Everything they do will succeed.

4 But wicked people are not like that. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

5 So the wicked will not escape God’s punishment. Sinners will not worship with God’s people.
6 This is because the Lord takes care of his people, but the wicked will be destroyed.

Psalm 1

Book 1(Psalms 1-41)

1 How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand in the pathway with sinners,
or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands;
he meditates on his commands day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams;
it yields its fruit at the proper time,
and its leaves never fall off.
He succeeds in everything he attempts.

4 Not so with the wicked!
Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

5 For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment,
nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

6 Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly,
but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.