The Psalms

BOOK I

Psalm 1

^1:1Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked,
      Nor stand in the way of sinners,
      Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

 ^1:2But his delight is in Yahweh's law;
      On his law he meditates day and night.

 ^1:3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
      That brings forth its fruit in its season,
      Whose leaf also does not wither.
      Whatever he does shall prosper.

 ^1:4The wicked are not so,
      But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

 ^1:5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
      Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

 ^1:6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,
      But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 2

^2:1Why do the nations rage,
      And the peoples plot a vain thing?

 ^2:2The kings of the earth take a stand,
      And the rulers take counsel together,
      Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, saying,

 ^2:3"Let's break their bonds apart,
      And cast away their cords from us."

 ^2:4He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
      The Lord will have them in derision.

 ^2:5Then he will speak to them in his anger,
      And terrify them in his wrath:

 ^2:6"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."
      ^2:7I will tell of the decree.

 Yahweh said to me, "You are my son.
      Today I have become your father.

 ^2:8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
      The uttermost parts of