BOOK ONE
(Psalms 1–41)
True Happiness
1 Happy are those
who reject the advice of evil people,
who do not follow the example of sinners
or 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 God
and 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.
PIRMĀ GRĀMATA
Divi dzīves ceļi
1 Svētīts, kas ļaundaru padomā nestaigā,
uz grēcinieku ceļa nestāj
un paļātāju pulkā nesēž,
2 kam par Kunga bauslību prieks,
kas dudina viņa bauslību dienu un nakti!
3 Tas aug kā koks,
stādīts pie ūdeņu straumēm, –
augļus tas laikā nes, lapas tam nenovīst,
ko tas dara, viss izdodas.
4 Bet ļaundariem tā nav –
tos kā pelavas putina vējš.
5 Tādēļ ļaundari nepastāv tiesā,
nedz grēcinieki taisno draudzē,
6 jo taisno ceļu Kungs zina,
bet ļaundaru ceļš ir pazušana!
