Giving some reasons for such happiness, the psalmist sings: “Happy is the man that has not walked in the counsel of the wicked ones, and in the way of sinners has not stood, and in the seat of ridiculers has not sat. ” ​ — Psalm 1: 1.
Nosaukdams dažus iemeslus, psalma sacerētājs dziedāja: ” Svētīgs tas cilvēks, kas neseko bezdievīgo padomam, nedz staigā grēcinieku ceļus, nedz arī sēž paļātāju pulkā. ” ( Psalms 1: 1.)