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

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;

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

²but his delight is in Yahweh’s “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. law. On his law he meditates 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.

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.

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

⁴The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

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

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

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

⁶For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.