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
- Psalm 1:1 Or way
- Psalm 1:3 Or canals
- Psalm 1:3 Or foliage
- Psalm 1:3 Or all that he does prospers
- Psalm 1:6 Or approves; or has regard to
Cross references
- Psalm 1:1 : Prov 4:14
- Psalm 1:1 : Ps 5:9, 10; 10:2-11; 36:1-4
- Psalm 1:1 : Ps 17:4; 119:104
- Psalm 1:1 : Ps 26:4, 5; Jer 15:17
- Psalm 1:2 : Ps 119:14, 16, 35
- Psalm 1:2 : Josh 1:8
- Psalm 1:2 : Ps 25:5
- Psalm 1:2 : Ps 63:5, 6
- Psalm 1:3 : Ps 92:12-14; Jer 17:8; Ezek 19:10
- Psalm 1:3 : Gen 39:2, 3, 23; Ps 128:2
- Psalm 1:4 : Job 21:18; Ps 35:5; Is 17:13
- Psalm 1:5 : Ps 5:5
- Psalm 1:5 : Ps 9:7, 8, 16
- Psalm 1:5 : Ps 89:5, 7
- Psalm 1:6 : Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; John 10:14; 2 Tim 2:19
- Psalm 1:6 : Ps 9:5, 6; 11:6