Psalm 1

The Two Paths

(Matthew 5:3–12; Luke 6:20–23)

¹ Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

² But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

³ He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

⁴ Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶ For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.