Psalm 1 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

BOOK 1

The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.

1 How blessed is the man who (A)does not walk in the (B)counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the [a](C)path of sinners,
Nor (D)sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his (E)delight is (F)in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates (G)day and (H)night.
3 He will be like (I)a tree firmly planted by [b]streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its [c]leaf does not wither;
And [d]in whatever he does, (J)he prospers.

4 The wicked are not so,
But they are like (K)chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore (L)the wicked will not stand in the (M)judgment,
Nor sinners in (N)the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord [e](O)knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of (P)the wicked will perish.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 Or way
  2. Psalm 1:3 Or canals
  3. Psalm 1:3 Or foliage
  4. Psalm 1:3 Or all that he does prospers
  5. Psalm 1:6 Or approves or has regard to

Cross references

  1. Psalm 1:1 : Prov 4:14
  2. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 5:9, 10; 10:2-11; 36:1-4
  3. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 17:4; 119:104
  4. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 26:4, 5; Jer 15:17
  5. Psalm 1:2 : Ps 119:14, 16, 35
  6. Psalm 1:2 : Josh 1:8
  7. Psalm 1:2 : Ps 25:5
  8. Psalm 1:2 : Ps 63:5, 6
  9. Psalm 1:3 : Ps 92:12-14; Jer 17:8; Ezek 19:10
  10. Psalm 1:3 : Gen 39:2, 3, 23; Ps 128:2
  11. Psalm 1:4 : Job 21:18; Ps 35:5; Is 17:13
  12. Psalm 1:5 : Ps 5:5
  13. Psalm 1:5 : Ps 9:7, 8, 16
  14. Psalm 1:5 : Ps 89:5, 7
  15. Psalm 1:6 : Ps 37:18; Nah 1:7; John 10:14; 2 Tim 2:19
  16. Psalm 1:6 : Ps 9:5, 6; 11:6