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;

¹Blago čovjeku koji ne slijedi savjeta opakih, ne staje na putu grešničkom i ne sjeda u zbor podrugljivaca,

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.

²već uživa u Zakonu Jahvinu, o Zakonu njegovu misli dan i noć.

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.

³On je k'o stablo zasađeno pokraj voda tekućica što u svoje vrijeme plod donosi; lišće mu nikad ne vene, sve što radi dobrim urodi.

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

⁴Nisu takvi opaki, ne, nisu takvi! Oni su k'o pljeva što je vjetar raznosi.

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

⁵Stoga se opaki neće održati na sudu, ni grešnici u zajednici pravednih.

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

⁶Jer Jahve zna put pravednih, a propast će put opakih.