1 B lessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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 b ut his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

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

3 H e will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

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 T he wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

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

5 T herefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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 F or Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

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.