1 H appy 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.

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

2 B ut he finds joy in the Law of the Lord and thinks about His Law day and night.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

3 T his 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.

He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.

4 S inful men are not like this. They are like straw blown away by the wind.

The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

5 S o 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.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.