1 How happy is the one who does not

walk in the advice of the wicked

or stand in the pathway with sinners

or sit in the company of mockers!  *

2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,

and he meditates on it day and night.  *

3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams  *

that bears its fruit in its season,  *

and its leaf does not wither.  *

Whatever he does prospers.  *

4 The wicked are not like this;

instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.  *

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,  *

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,  *

but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.  *