BOOK ONE
(Psalms 1–41)
True Happiness
1 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.
2 Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord,
and they study it day and night.
3 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.
4 But evil people are not like this at all;
they are like straw that the wind blows away.
5 Sinners will be condemned by God
and kept apart from God's own people.
6 The righteous are guided and protected by the Lord,
but the evil are on the way to their doom.
ǂGuro ǂkhanis
Ama ǃgâiaǂgaob
1 ǀKhaehen ge hâ ǁnān,
ǂkhaba khoen di ǀapemās ǃnâ ǃgû tama i,
ǁore-aon ǀkha ǁkhā daob ǃnâ mâ tama i,
tsî ǃhō-aon ǀkha ǀguipa ǂnû tamana.
2 Xawen ge ǃKhūb di ǂhanub ǃnâ ǃgâiǃgâisen
tsî ǁîba tsēs tsî tsuxuba ra ǂâiǃgâ.
3 ǁÎn ge hain, ǁgamǃāro-i tawa ǂgāhe hân,
ǂhanu ǁaeb ai ra ǂûtanin
tsî ǂnaregu ân ǂnâ taman khami ī.
Dīn ra xūn hoan ǃnân ge a ǃgâiǃgâxa.
4 ǂKhaba khoen ge ǁnāti ī tama hâ
xawen ge ǀhōb, ǂoab xa ra ǃgombēheb khami ī.
5 ǁNā-amagan ge ǂkhaba khoena ǀgoraǃgâs ǃnâ mâ ǁkhā tide
tsî ǁore-aona ǂhanu-ain ǀkha ǀguipa hâ tide.
6 ǂHanu-ain daobab ge ǃKhūba ra sâu,
xawe ǂkhaba khoen daob ge nîra kā.
