Psalm 1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

The Two Ways

¹How happy is the man
who does not follow^[a] the advice of the wicked
or take^[b] the path of sinners
or join a group^[c] of mockers!^(A)
²Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.^(B)
³He is like a tree planted beside streams of water^[d]
that bears its fruit in season^[e]^(C)
and whose leaf does not wither.^(D)
Whatever he does prospers.^(E)

⁴The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.^(F)
⁵Therefore the wicked will not survive^[f] the judgment,^(G)
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

⁶For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,^(H)
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.^(I)