Psalm 1:1-3

New Century Version

1 Happy are those who don’t listen to the wicked,
    who don’t go where sinners go,
    who don’t do what evil people do.
² They love the Lord’s teachings,
    and they think about those teachings day and night.
³ They are strong, like a tree planted by a river.
    The tree produces fruit in season,
    and its leaves don’t die.
Everything they do will succeed.