1 Happy 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.

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

3 He 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.

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

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

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

1 א   אשרי האיש--    אשר לא הלך בעצת רשעים br ובדרך חטאים לא עמד    ובמושב לצים לא ישב br

2 ב   כי אם בתורת יהוה חפצו    ובתורתו יהגה יומם ולילה br

3 ג   והיה--    כעץ שתול על-פלגי-מים br אשר פריו יתן בעתו--ועלהו לא-יבול    וכל אשר-יעשה יצליח br

4 ד   לא-כן הרשעים    כי אם-כמץ אשר-תדפנו רוח br

5 ה   על-כן לא-יקמו רשעים--במשפט    וחטאים בעדת צדיקים br

6 ו   כי-יודע יהוה דרך צדיקים    ודרך רשעים תאבד