1Happy 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,*

2but their delight is in the law of the Lord,

and on his law they meditate day and night.*

3They 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.*

4The wicked are not so

but are like chaff that the wind drives away.*

5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous,*

6for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked will perish.*