¹Happy is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,

And who does not stand on the way of sinners,

And who does not sit in the seat of mockers,

²But whose delight is in the Lord's law,

And in whose law he meditates day and night.

³And he will be like a tree planted at brooks of water,

Which yields its fruit in its season,

And whose leaves will not wither,

For everything that he does will prosper.

⁴Not so the wicked;

They are on the contrary like chaff

Which the wind drives about.

⁵That is why the wicked will not be able to stand at the judgment,

Nor will sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

⁶For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,

But the way of the wicked will cease.