Rendition
Blessed is the one
Who does not walk in the path of the guilty,
Nor makes his stand with the rebels,
Nor dwells with those who deride the Lord;
But all his desire is on the torah,
It growls through him day and night.
He is like the Tree
That God planted by Eden’s split streams,
The gift of its fruit is never late,
Its leaves are changeless and costless.
All his work flourishes.
Not so the rebels,
They are withered already, like dead leaves.
They carry their exile within them,
Pursuing the wind.
When the Lord judges all things,
They will not rise.
When the Lord gathers the family of the just
They will not be found.
God knows those who cherished his way,
And gives to the wicked the perishing they sought.
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Psalm 1 Rendition