Happy those who do not follow
the counsel of the wicked,
Nor go the way of sinners,
nor sit in company with scoffers.
Rather, the law of the LORD
is their joy; God's law
they study day and night.
They are like a tree
planted near streams of water,
that yields its fruit in season;
Its leaves never wither;
whatever they do PROSPERS.
But not the wicked!
They are like chaff
driven by the wind.
The LORD watches over
the way of the just,
but the way of the wicked
leads to ruin.
Psalms 1,1-2.3.4.6.
