1 Blessed are those
       who do not walk in step with the wicked
       or stand in the way that sinners take
       or sit in the company of mockers,

    2 but who delight in the law of the LORD
       and meditate on his law day and night.

    3 They are like a tree planted by streams of water,
       which yields its fruit in season
       and whose leaf does not wither—
       whatever they do prospers.

    4 Not so the wicked!
       They are like chaff
       that the wind blows away.

    5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
       nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

    6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
       but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, TODAY'S NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 2001, 2005 by International Bible Society®. Used by permission of International Bible Society®. All rights reserved worldwide.