Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the road of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the TORAH of YAHWEH*; and in his TORAH** does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.

The wicked are not so; but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For YAHWEH knows the road of the righteous; but the road of the wicked shall perish.

* Tetragrammaton YHVH translated as YAHWEH.

** TORAH – may be translated as “instructions” or “law.”  It is also the name of the section that contains the first five books of the Jewish Bible.