Psalm 1 Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 1

The Two Ways

¹How 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)
²Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.^(B)
³He 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)

⁴The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.^(F)
⁵Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,^(G)
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,^(H)
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.^(I)

Footnotes

1:3 Or beside irrigation channels

Cross references

1:1 : Ps 26:4–5; Pr 4:14–15
1:2 : Jos 1:8; Ps 40:8; 119:14–16
1:3 : Rv 22:2
1:3 : Ps 92:12–14; Jr 17:8
1:3 : Dt 5:33
1:4 : Jb 21:18; Ps 35:5; Hs 13:3
1:5 : Ps 5:5; 9:16; 76:7; Jr 25:31
1:6 : Jb 34:21; Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; Jn 10:14; 2Tm 2:19
1:6 : Pr 21:12; Jn 3:16

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