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Psalm 1

The two paths [ a ]

1 If someone does not do what wicked people tell him to do,
if he does not join with sinners,
if he does not meet with those who laugh at God,
God has blessed that person!
2 He is happy when he obeys the Law of the Lord . [ b ]
He thinks about God's Law during the day and at night.
3 He will become like a tree that grows beside streams of water.
It gives its fruit at the right season.
Its leaves do not fall off.
Everything that person does will have a good result.
4 But wicked people are as empty as chaff.
The wind blows them away. [ c ]
5 So they will not go free when God judges them.
Sinners cannot join with God's people,
the people who are right with God. [ d ]
6 The Lord takes care of people who respect him.
But wicked people are living in a way that will take them to a bad end.

Footnotes

  1. 1:1 This psalm tells us about two groups of people: (1) people who want to please God; (2) people who do not respect God at all. These two groups of people walk along different paths. Each path leads to a different result. Verse 6 tells us what happens to people in each of these groups.
  2. 1:2 When we write Lord like this, it is a special name for God. Sometimes people write it as ‘Yahweh’, or as ‘Jehovah’. It is his own name that he told Moses. See Exodus 3:14 . It means ‘I am who I am’. This shows that God has always been there and he always will be there.
  3. 1:4 Wicked people do not obey God's rules. God will blow them away like chaff one day.
  4. 1:5 God judges all people. He will decide if they are guilty.

Book 1

(Psalms 1-41)

1 Great blessings belong to those
who don’t listen to evil advice,
who don’t live like sinners,
and who don’t join those who make fun of God. [ a ]
2 Instead, they love the Lord ’s teachings
and think about them day and night.
3 So they grow strong,
like a tree planted by a stream—
a tree that produces fruit when it should
and has leaves that never fall.
Everything they do is successful.

4 But the wicked are not like that.
They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5 When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty.
Sinners have no place among those who do what is right. [ b ]
6 The Lord shows his people how to live,
but the wicked have lost their way.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 Or “The one who does not follow the advice of the wicked or turn onto Sinners Road or stay at Scoffers’ House is blessed.”
  2. Psalm 1:5 Or “The wicked will not be allowed to sit as judges nor sinners in the meeting of good people.”

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

BOOK 1

The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.

1 Blessed is the person who ( A ) does not walk in the ( B ) counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the [ a ] ( C ) path of sinners,
Nor ( D ) sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his ( E ) delight is ( F ) in the Law of the Lord ,
And on His Law he meditates ( G ) day and ( H ) night.
3 He will be like ( I ) a tree 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, ( J ) he prospers.

4 The wicked are not so,
But they are like ( K ) chaff which the wind blows away.
5 Therefore ( L ) the wicked will not stand in the ( M ) judgment,
Nor sinners in ( N ) the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord [ e ] ( O ) knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of ( P ) the wicked will perish.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 Or way
  2. Psalm 1:3 Or canals
  3. Psalm 1:3 Or foliage
  4. Psalm 1:3 Or all that he does prospers
  5. Psalm 1:6 Or approves ; or has regard to

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the one ( A )
who does not walk ( B ) in step with the wicked ( C )
or stand in the way ( D ) that sinners take ( E )
or sit ( F ) in the company of mockers, ( G )
2 but whose delight ( H ) is in the law of the Lord , ( I )
and who meditates ( J ) on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree ( K ) planted by streams ( L ) of water, ( M )
which yields its fruit ( N ) in season
and whose leaf ( O ) does not wither—
whatever they do prospers. ( P )

4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff ( Q )
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand ( R ) in the judgment, ( S )
nor sinners in the assembly ( T ) of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over ( U ) the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. ( V )

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