1 

Happy are those

    who do not follow the advice of the wicked

or take the path that sinners tread

    or sit in the seat of scoffers,

2 

but their delight is in the law of the Lord,

    and on his law they meditate day and night.

3 

They are like trees

    planted by streams of water,

which yield their fruit in its season,

    and their leaves do not wither.

In all that they do, they prosper.

4 

The wicked are not so

    but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5 

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment

    nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous,

6 

for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,

    but the way of the wicked will perish.