Psalms 1
6 verses · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear a verse
אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי־הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א הָלַךְ֮ בַּעֲצַ֢ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֭טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד וּבְמוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב׃
ashre-ha'ish asher lo halakh ba'atsat resha'im uvederekh khatta'im lo amad uvemoshav letsim lo yashav
Happy is the one who has not followed the counsel of the wicked, or taken the path of sinners, or joined the company of the insolent;
כִּ֤י אִ֥ם־בְּתוֹרַ֥ת יְהֹוָ֗ה חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ וּֽבְתוֹרָת֥וֹ יֶהְגֶּ֗ה יוֹמָ֥ם וָלָֽיְלָה׃
ki im-betorat Adonai kheftso uvetorato yehgeh yomam valayelah
rather, this one delights in GOD’s teaching, and studies that teaching day and night.
וְֽהָיָ֗ה כְּעֵץ֮ שָׁת֢וּל עַֽל־פַּלְגֵ֫י־מָ֥יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר פִּרְי֨וֹ ׀ יִתֵּ֬ן בְּעִתּ֗וֹ וְעָלֵ֥הוּ לֹֽא־יִבּ֑וֹל וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יַצְלִֽיחַ׃
vehayah ke'ets shatul al-palge-mayim asher piryo yitten be'itto ve'alehu lo-yibbol vekhol asher-ya'aseh yatsliakh
Such a one is like a tree planted beside streams of water, which yields its fruit in season, whose foliage never fades, and whatever it produces thrives.
לֹא־כֵ֥ן הָרְשָׁעִ֑ים כִּ֥י אִם־כַּ֝מֹּ֗ץ אֲֽשֶׁר־תִּדְּפֶ֥נּוּ רֽוּחַ׃
lo-khen haresha'im ki im-kammots asher-tiddefennu ruakh
Not so the wicked; rather, they are like chaff that wind blows away.
עַל־כֵּ֤ן ׀ לֹא־יָקֻ֣מוּ רְ֭שָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים בַּעֲדַ֥ת צַדִּיקִֽים׃
al-ken lo-yaqumu resha'im bammishpat vekhatta'im ba'adat tsaddiqim
Therefore the wicked will not survive judgment, nor will sinners, in the assembly of the righteous.
כִּֽי־יוֹדֵ֣עַ יְ֭הֹוָה דֶּ֣רֶךְ צַדִּיקִ֑ים וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תֹּאבֵֽד׃ {פ}
ki-yodea Adonai derekh tsaddiqim vederekh resha'im toved
For GOD cherishes the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked is doomed.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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