¹Õnnis on inimene, kes ei käi õelate nõu järgi ega seisa patuste tee peal ega istu pilkajate killas,

¹Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

²vaid kel on hea meel Issanda Seadusest ja kes uurib ta Seadust ööd ja päevad.

²But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

³Siis ta on otsekui puu, mis on istutatud veeojade äärde, mis vilja annab omal ajal ja mille lehed ei närtsi; ja kõik, mis ta teeb, läheb korda.

³And he [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

⁴Aga nõnda ei ole õelad; vaid nad on nagu aganad, mida tuul laiali ajab.

⁴The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

⁵Sellepärast ei jää õelad püsima kohtus ega patused õigete koguduses.

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

⁶Sest Issand tunneb õigete teed; aga õelate tee läheb hukka.

⁶For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.