1HOW BLESSED! [IS] THE PERSON WHO NOT HE WALKS IN [THE] COUNSEL OF WICKED [PEOPLE] AND IN [THE] WAY OF SINNERS NOT HE STANDS AND IN [THE] SEAT OF MOCKERS NOT HE SITS BOOK I <p class=|pshdg| (Matthew 5:3–12; Luke 6:20–23) 1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
2THAT EXCEPT [IS] IN [THE] LAW OF YAHWEH DELIGHT HIS AND IN LAW HIS HE MEDITATES BY DAY AND NIGHT 2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
3AND HE IS LIKE A TREE PLANTED AT STREAMS OF WATER WHICH FRUIT ITS IT GIVES AT APPROPRIATE TIME ITS AND LEAFAGE ITS NOT IT WITHERS AND ALL THAT HE DOES IT SUCCEEDS 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
4NOT [ARE] SO THE WICKED [PEOPLE] THAT EXCEPT [THEY ARE] LIKE THE CHAFF WHICH IT DRIVES ABOUT IT WIND 4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
5THERE- -FORE NOT THEY WILL STAND WICKED [PEOPLE] IN THE JUDGMENT AND SINNERS IN [THE] CONGREGATION OF RIGHTEOUS [PEOPLE] 5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6FOR [IS] KNOWING YAHWEH [THE] WAY OF RIGHTEOUS [PEOPLE] AND [THE] WAY OF WICKED [PEOPLE] IT WILL PERISH 6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.