Psalms

The first book of Psalms, song 1, New English Translation and King James Version

Psalm 1

New English Translation

   1 How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or tand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
   2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
   3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
   4 Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.
   5 For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.
   6 Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

King James Version

   1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
   2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
   3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
   4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
   5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
   6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.