    Psalm 1 - 

1   Blessed are they who have not walked
    in the counsel of the wicked, ♦
        nor lingered in the way of sinners,
        nor sat in the assembly of the scornful.

2   Their delight is in the law of the Lord ♦
        and they meditate on his law day and night.

3   Like a tree planted by streams of water
    bearing fruit in due season, 
        with leaves that do not wither, ♦
        whatever they do, it shall prosper.

4   As for the wicked, it is not so with them; ♦
        they are like chaff which the wind blows away.

5   Therefore the wicked shall not be able to stand in the judgement, ♦
        nor the sinner in the congregation of the righteous.

6   For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, ♦
        but the way of the wicked shall perish.
