PSALM 1
1:1 HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

1:4 Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

1:5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

1:6 For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.


Hebrew Transliteration

  1:1 'ashrêy-hâ'iysh 'asher lo' hâlakh ba`atsath reshâ`iym ubhedherekhchathâ'iym lo' `âmâdh ubhemoshabh lêtsiym lo' yâshâbh

1:2 kiy 'im bethorathAdonay chephtso ubhethorâtho yehgeh yomâm vâlâyelâh

1:3 vehâyâhke`êts shâthul `al-palghêy mâyim 'asher piryo yittên be`itto ve`âlêhulo'-yibbol vekhol 'asher-ya`aseh yatsliyach

1:4 lo'-khên hâreshâ`iym kiy'im-kammots 'asher-tiddephennu ruach

1:5 `al-kên lo'-yâqumu reshâ`iymbammishpâth vechathâ'iym ba`adhath tsaddiyqiym

1:6 kiy-yodhêa`Adonay derekh tsaddiyqiym vedherekh reshâ`iym to'bhêdh

This version of the psalms is from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS),
a translation of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

The text is in the public domain.

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