Psa PsalmsSálmarnir, psalmsálmur Book of PsalmsSálmarnir, psalmsálmur 1

BOOK 1

Blessed 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;Psa 26:4; Jer 15:17; Pro 10:30

but his delight is in Yahweh’s(a)1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. law.

On his law he meditates day and night.Jos 1:8

He 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.Psa 92:12; Jer 17:8

The wicked are not so,

but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.Job 21:18; Isa 29:5

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.Mat 25:32

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked shall perish.Nam 1:7; Jhn 10:14; 2Ti 2:19