1:2 Instead 1 he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; 2
he meditates on 3 his commands 4 day and night.
1:3 He is like 5 a tree planted by flowing streams; 6
it 7 yields 8 its fruit at the proper time, 9
and its leaves never fall off. 10
He succeeds in everything he attempts. 11
1:4 Not so with the wicked!
Instead 12 they are like wind-driven chaff. 13
1:5 For this reason 14 the wicked cannot withstand 15 judgment, 16
nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. 17
1:6 Certainly 18 the Lord guards the way of the godly, 19
but the way of the wicked ends in destruction. 20