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| 1. | Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; |
| 2. | but his delight is in Yahweh's{"Yahweh" is God's proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations.} law. On his law he meditates day and night. |
| 3. | He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper. |
| 4. | The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. |
| 5. | Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. |
| 6. | For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. |