Psalm 1

The Two Ways

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1} BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)

How 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)

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Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.^(B)

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He 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)

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The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.^(F)

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Therefore the wicked will not survive^(f) the judgment,^(G)
and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

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

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 1:1: Lit not walk in

b. Psalm 1:1: Lit stand in

c. Psalm 1:1: Or or sit in the seat

d. Psalm 1:3: Or beside irrigation canals

e. Psalm 1:3: Lit in its season

f. Psalm 1:5: Lit stand in

Cross references:

A. Psalm 1:1: Psalm 26:4-5; Proverbs 4:14-15

B. Psalm 1:2: Joshua 1:8; Psalm 40:8; Psalm 119:14-16

C. Psalm 1:3: Revelation 22:2

D. Psalm 1:3: Psalm 92:12-14; Jeremiah 17:8

E. Psalm 1:3: Deuteronomy 5:33

F. Psalm 1:4: Job 21:18; Psalm 35:5

G. Psalm 1:5: Psalm 5:5; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 76:7; Jeremiah 25:31

H. Psalm 1:6: Job 34:21; Psalm 37:18; Nahum 1:7; John 10:14

I. Psalm 1:6: Proverbs 21:12; John 3:16