Psalm 1
_True Happiness in God's Law
1 Happy those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked,
Nor go the way of sinners, nor sit in company with scoffers.
2 Rather, the law of the Lord is their joy; God's law they study day and night.
3 They are like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields is fruit in season;
Its leaves never wither; whatever they do prospers.
4 But not the wicked! They are like chaff driven by the wind.
5 Therefore the wicked will not survive judgement, nor will sinners in the assembly of the just.
6 The Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.
1 Happy those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked,
Nor go the way of sinners, nor sit in company with scoffers.
2 Rather, the law of the Lord is their joy; God's law they study day and night.
3 They are like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields is fruit in season;
Its leaves never wither; whatever they do prospers.
4 But not the wicked! They are like chaff driven by the wind.
5 Therefore the wicked will not survive judgement, nor will sinners in the assembly of the just.
6 The Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.
Psalm 2
A Psalm for a Royal Coronation
1 Why do the nations protest and the peoples grumble in vain?
2 Kings on earth rise up and princes plot together against the Lord and his anointed:
3 "Let us break their shackles and cast off their chains!"
4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord derides them,
5 Then speaks to them in anger, terrifies them in wrath:
6 "I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord, who said to me, "You are my son; today I am your father.
8 Only ask it of me, and I will make your inheritance the nations, your possession the ends of the earth.
9 With an iron rod you shall shepherd them, like a clay pot you will shatter them."
10 And now, kings, give heed; take warning, rulers on earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear; with trembling bow down in homage, Lest God be angry and you perish from the way in a sudden blaze of anger. Happy are all who take refuge in the God!
1 Why do the nations protest and the peoples grumble in vain?
2 Kings on earth rise up and princes plot together against the Lord and his anointed:
3 "Let us break their shackles and cast off their chains!"
4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord derides them,
5 Then speaks to them in anger, terrifies them in wrath:
6 "I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord, who said to me, "You are my son; today I am your father.
8 Only ask it of me, and I will make your inheritance the nations, your possession the ends of the earth.
9 With an iron rod you shall shepherd them, like a clay pot you will shatter them."
10 And now, kings, give heed; take warning, rulers on earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear; with trembling bow down in homage, Lest God be angry and you perish from the way in a sudden blaze of anger. Happy are all who take refuge in the God!
