The following is an English translation of Psalm 1 into song by linguists & professional musicians under the auspices of The Spoken English Bible , an oral Bible translation designed to reach Americans who may not yet engage with Scripture and to serve as a model for Bible translation in minority languages.

Lyrics:
1 Happy are those who won’t take advice that’s twisted with evil
They won’t stand in line.
The mockers say, “Sit here,” they decline
To follow the right path.
2 They find delight in Yahweh’s Word
Pondering all He gave them to learn
Day and night grow
3 Like a tree
Planted by water
Whose fruit grow ripe in season,
Whose leaves are never leaving,
Watch how they thrive!
4 This can’t be said for the wicked,
Like dead leaves blown away by the wind.
5 They will not stand when judgment arrives,
The good and the bad finally divide.
6 Those who rebel, destruction they find
Those who do right, Yahweh will guide.
3 Whose fruit grow ripe in season,
Whose leaves are never leaving,
Whose fruit grow ripe in season,
Whose leaves are never leaving,
Watch how they thrive!
6 Those who do right, Yahweh will guide.
Those who rebel, destruction they find.

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