1 Blessed is the man^[a]

    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^[b] 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.