Psalm 1-3

Lexham English Bible

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked;
nor does he stand in the way of sinners;
nor does he sit in the assembly of mockers.
² Instead, in the law of Yahweh is his delight,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
³ And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water
that gives its fruit in its season;
its leaf also does not wither.
Therefore all that he does prospers.
⁴ Not so the wicked.
Instead, they are like the chaff that the wind scatters.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
⁶ for Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,^[a]
but the way of the wicked will perish.

2 Why are nations in tumult,
and countries plotting^[b] in vain?^[c]
2 The kings of the earth establish themselves,
and the rulers conspire^[d] together
against Yahweh and his anointed:
³ “Let us tear off their bonds,
and cast their cords from us!”
⁴ He who sits enthroned in the heavens laughs.
The Lord derides them.
⁵ Then he speaks to them in his wrath,
and in his fury he terrifies them:
⁶ “But as for me, I have set my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”
⁷ I will tell the decree;
Yahweh said to me:
“You are my son;
today I have begotten you.
⁸ Ask from me and I will make the nations your heritage,
and your possession the ends of the earth.
⁹ You will break them with an iron rod.
Like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”
¹⁰ So then, O kings, be wise.
Be warned, O rulers of the earth.
¹¹ Serve Yahweh with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
¹² Kiss the Son
lest he be angry and you perish on the way,
for his anger burns quickly.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

3 Yahweh, how many are my enemies;
many are rising against me.
² Many are saying about my soul,
“There is no deliverance for him from^[f] God. Selah^[g]
3 But^[h] you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,
my glory and the one who lifts up my head.
⁴ With my voice I call to Yahweh
and he answers me from his holy hill.^[i] Selah
⁵ I lay down and slept;
I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.
⁶ I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people
who all around have set themselves against me.
⁷ Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God;
for you strike all my enemies on the cheek.
The teeth of the wicked you break.
⁸ To Yahweh belongs deliverance;
may your blessing be over your people. Selah