Psalms 1

BOOK 1

(Psalms 1-41)

<1> What great blessings there are for those who don't listen to evil advice,

who don't live like sinners

and don't join those who make fun of God.[1]

<2> Instead, they love the Lord's teachings

and think about them day and night.

<3> So they grow strong,

like a tree planted by a stream-

a tree that produces fruit when it should

and has leaves that never fall.

Everything they do is successful.

<4> But the wicked are not like that.

They are like chaff[2] that the wind blows away.

<5> When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty.

Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.[3]

<6> The Lord protects those who do right,

but the wicked are on their way to destruction.