The Fate of the Righteous and Evil

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. Instead, they find joy in

obeying the Law of the LORD, and they study it day and night. 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. But evil people

are not like this at all; they are like straw that the wind blows away. Sinners will be

condemned by God and kept apart from God's own people. The righteous are guided and protected

by the LORD, but the evil are on the way to their doom.