Psalm 1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)

Psalm 1

The Two Ways

¹How happy is the man
who does not follow^[a] the advice of the wicked
or take^[b] the path of sinners
or join a group^[c] 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 streams of water^[d]
that bears its fruit in season^[e]^(C)
and whose 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 survive^[f] the judgment,^(G)
and sinners will not be in the community 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

Psalm 1:1 Lit not walk in
Psalm 1:1 Lit stand in
Psalm 1:1 Or or sit in the seat
Psalm 1:3 Or beside irrigation canals
Psalm 1:3 Lit in its season
Psalm 1:5 Lit stand in

Psalm 26

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 26

Prayer for Vindication

Davidic.

¹Vindicate me, Lord,
because I have lived with integrity
and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.^(A)
²Test me, Lord, and try me;
examine my heart and mind.^(B)
³For Your faithful love is before my eyes,
and I live by Your truth.^(C)

⁴I do not sit with the worthless
or associate with hypocrites.
⁵I hate a crowd of evildoers,
and I do not sit with the wicked.^(D)
⁶I wash my hands^[a] in innocence^(E)
and go around Your altar, Lord,^(F)
⁷raising my voice in thanksgiving^(G)
and telling about Your wonderful works.^(H)

⁸Lord, I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides.^(I)
⁹Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed^(J)
¹⁰in whose hands are evil schemes
and whose right hands are filled with bribes.^(K)