Study Desk

How happy is the man who does not follow^[a] the advice of the wicked or take^[b] the path of sinners or join a group^[c] of mockers!^(a)

Instead, his delight is in the Lord 's instruction, and he meditates on it day and night.^(b)

He is like a tree planted beside streams of water^[d] that bears its fruit in season^[e](c) and whose leaf does not wither.^(d) Whatever he does prospers.^(e)

The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.^(f)

Therefore the wicked will not survive^[f] the judgment,^(g) and sinners will not be in the community of the righteous.

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,^(h) but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.⁽ⁱ⁾