פֶּרֶק א’

א. אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָאִים לֹא עָמָד וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב:
ב. כִּי אִם־בְּתוֹרַת יְהֹוָה חֶפְצוֹ וּבְתוֹרָתוֹ יֶהְגֶה יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה:
ג. וְהָיָה כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל עַל־פַּלְגֵי מָיִם אֲשֶׁר פִּרְיוֹ | יִתֵּן בְּעִתּוֹ וְעָלֵהוּ לֹא יִבּוֹל וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה יַצְלִיחַ:
ד. לֹא־כֵן הָרְשָׁעִים כִּי אִם־כַּמֹץ אֲשֶׁר־תִּדְפֶנוּ רוּחַ:
ה. עַל־כֵּן | לֹא־יָקֻמוּ רְשָׁעִים בַּמִשְׁפָּט וְחַטָאִים בַּעֲדַת צַדִיקִים:
ו. כִּי־יוֹדֵעַ יְהֹוָה דֶרֶךְ צַדִיקִים וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵד:

Chapter 1

1. Fortunate is the man that has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the path of sinners, nor sat in the company of scoffers.

2. Rather, his desire is in the Torah of the Lord, and in His Torah he meditates day and night.

3. He shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; and all that he does shall prosper.

4. Not so the wicked; rather, they are like the chaff that the wind drives away.

5. Therefore the wicked will not endure in judgement, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6. For the Lord minds the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.