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!^(A)
2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.^(B)
3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams^[a]
that bears its fruit in its season,^(C)
and its leaf does not wither.^(D)
Whatever he does prospers.^(E)

5 I will sing about the one I love,
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:^(A)
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
² He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.^(B)
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected^(C) it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.^(D)