¹   Happy are those 
          who do not follow the advice of the wicked, 
     or take the path that sinners tread, 
          or sit in the seat of scoffers; 

²   but their delight is in the law of the LORD, 
          and on his law they meditate day and night. 
³   They are like trees 
          planted by streams of water, 
     which yield their fruit in its season, 
          and their leaves do not wither. 
     In all that they do, they prosper.

⁴   The wicked are not so, 
          but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 
⁵   Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, 
          nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 
⁶   for the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, 
          but the way of the wicked will perish.