1 ه َنِيئاً لِلإنسانِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَمشِ حَسَبَ نَصِيحَةِ الأشْرارِ، وَعَلَى طَرِيقِ الخُطاةِ لَمْ يَقِفْ، وَلَمْ يُخالِطِ المُستَهزِئِينَ.

Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down where the scornful gather.

2 ل َكِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ شَرِيعَةَ اللهِ. وَيَتَأمَّلُ تَعالِيمَهُ لَيلَ نَهارٍ.

But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.

3 ف َهُوَ كَشَجَرَةٍ مَغْرُوسَةٍ قُرْبَ جَداوِلِ المِياهِ، تُنتِجُ ثَمَرَها فِي وَقْتِهِ، وَأوْراقُها لا تَذْبُلُ أبَداً، وَيَنْجَحُ كُلُّ ما يَفْعَلُهُ.

And he shall be like a tree firmly planted by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper.

4 أ مّا الأشْرارُ فَلَيْسُوا كَذَلِكَ، بَلْ هُمْ كَبَقايا التِّبْنِ تُطَيِّرُهُ الرِّيحُ.

Not so the wicked. But they are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 ل ِهَذا لا يُبَرّأُ الأشْرارُ عِنْدَ المُحاكَمَةِ. وَلا يُحْسَبُ الخُطاةُ بَينَ جَماعَةِ الأبْرارِ.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 ل ِأنَّ اللهَ يُرْشِدُ المُستَقِيمِينَ وَيَحْمِيهِمْ، أمّا الأشْرارُ فَيَهلِكُونَ.

For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).