PSALM 1

 

Happy are they

who do not follow

the counsel of the wicked,

nor start down the path

of sinners,

nor sit in the seats

of mockers.

But their joy is in

the law of the Lord,

and on his law they

meditate day and night.

They are like a tree

planted by flowing waters,

that produces its fruit in season,

whose leaves do not wither,

and all their works will prosper.

Not so the wicked,

but like chaff blown

by the wind.

Therefore the wicked

will not rise up in the judgment,

nor sinners in the

assembly of the just.

For the Lord knows the way

of the just,

but the path of the wicked

will perish.

Translation Copyright © 2023 by Donald C. Traxler.