¹Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of mockers.

²Rather, his delight is in the instruction of Yahweh, and in his instruction he meditates by day and by night.

³He is like a tree planted beside channels of water, which gives its fruit in its time, and its leaf does not wither; and all that he does, he prospers.

⁴Not so the wicked, but like chaff that the wind drives away.

⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand in justice, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.