1Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

3He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

4The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

5For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.