Psalm 1:1-6

Blessed is the man

    who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

    nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

2 

but his delight is in the law of the Lord,

    and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 

He is like a tree

    planted by streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

    and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

4 

The wicked are not so,

    but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5 

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

    nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;

6 

for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,

    but the way of the wicked will perish.