Happy are those
     who reject the advice of evil men,
who do not follow the example of
     sinners
or join those who have no use for
     God.
Instead, they find joy in obeying the
     Law of the LORD,
and they study it day and night.
     They are like trees that grow beside a
stream,
     that bear fruit at the right time,
and whose leaves do not dry up.
     They succeed in everything they do.
But evil men are not like this at all;
     they are like straw that the wind
blows away.
     Sinners will be condemned by God
and kept apart from God's own
     people.
They righteous are guided and protected
     by the LORD,
but the evil are on the way to their
     doom.