1 Blessed are they who have not walked
in the counsel of the wicked, ♦︎
nor lingered in the way of sinners,
nor sat in the assembly of the scornful.
2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord ♦︎
and they meditate on his law day and night.
3 Like a tree planted by streams of water
bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither, ♦︎
whatever they do, it shall prosper.
4 As for the wicked, it is not so with them; ♦︎
they are like chaff which the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not be able to stand in the judgement, ♦︎
nor the sinner in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, ♦︎
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
1 Lord, who may dwell in your tabernacle? ♦︎
Who may rest upon your holy hill?
2 Whoever leads an uncorrupt life ♦︎
and does the thing that is right;
3 Who speaks the truth from the heart ♦︎
and bears no deceit on the tongue;
4 Who does no evil to a friend ♦︎
and pours no scorn on a neighbour;
5 In whose sight the wicked are not esteemed, ♦︎
but who honours those who fear the Lord.
6 Whoever has sworn to a neighbour ♦︎
and never goes back on that word;
7 Who does not lend money in hope of gain, ♦︎
nor takes a bribe against the innocent;
8 Whoever does these things ♦︎
shall never fall.