1 B em-aventurado o homem que não anda segundo o conselho dos ímpios, nem se detém no caminho dos pecadores, nem se assenta na roda dos escarnecedores;

Happy is the man who does not walk in the way sinful men tell him to, or stand in the path of sinners, or sit with those who laugh at the truth.

2 a ntes tem seu prazer na lei do Senhor, e na sua lei medita de dia e noite.

But he finds joy in the Law of the Lord and thinks about His Law day and night.

3 P ois será como a árvore plantada junto

This man is like a tree planted by rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time and its leaf never dries up. Whatever he does will work out well for him.

4 N ão são assim os ímpios, mas são semelhantes ã moinha que o vento espalha.

Sinful men are not like this. They are like straw blown away by the wind.

5 P elo que os ímpios não subsistirão no juízo, nem os pecadores na congregação dos justos;

So the sinful will not stand. They will be told they are guilty and have to suffer for it. Sinners will not stand with those who are right with God.

6 p orque o Senhor conhece o caminho dos justos, mas o caminho dos ímpios conduz ã ruína.

For the Lord knows the way of those who are right with Him. But the way of the sinful will be lost from God forever.