Psalms 1 The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly     1      Blessed is the man     Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,       Nor stands in the path of sinners,       Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;     2      But his delight is in the law of the LORD,       And in His law he meditates day and night.     3      He shall be like a tree       Planted by the rivers of water,       That brings forth its fruit in its season,       Whose leaf also shall not wither;     And whatever he does shall prosper.     4      The ungodly are not so,     But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.     5      Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,     Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.     6      For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,     But the way of the ungodly shall perish. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ps 1:1–6.