1 Happy are thosewho reject the advice of evil people,who do not follow the example of sinnersor join those who have no use for God.
2 Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord,and they study it day and night.
3 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.
4 But evil people are not like this at all;they are like straw that the wind blows away.
5 Sinners will be condemned by Godand kept apart from God's own people.
6 The righteous are guided and protected by the Lord,but the evil are on the way to their doom.