1:1 不從惡人的計謀，不站罪人的道路，不坐褻慢人的座位，
1:2 惟喜愛耶和華的律法，晝夜思想，這人便為有福！
1:3 他要像一棵樹栽在溪水旁，按時候結果子，葉子也不枯乾。凡他所做的盡都順利。
1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
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成為有福的人事我們一生所追求的，之所以這樣的迫切，是因為上帝在造人的時候，就像創世記2章7節所說：「耶和華上帝用地上的塵土造人，將生氣吹在他鼻孔裡，他就成了有靈的活人，名叫亞當。」
人成為「有靈的活人」，就是與上帝有正確合宜的關係。這個關係是因為上帝愛按祂形象所造的人，希望人可以遍滿全地，讓祂的榮光充滿在祂所造的天地之間，使祂的名得著榮耀！而人讓上帝來使用，完成這樣的使命就是有福的人！
也因為如此，上帝要人做到「三不」和「兩要」。這「三不」就是要人脫離罪惡，「兩要」就要人歸向上帝。而這樣的生命改變是要來自上帝的揀選和拯救，若不是上帝的作為人是無法從罪中釋放，也沒有力量和意志遵守來遵行上帝的律法！
人成為有福的人，是和上帝有所連結，就會得著上帝的供應，活出永遠有活力的生命，正如第3節所說：「他要像一棵樹栽在溪水旁，按時候結果子，葉子也不枯乾。凡他所做的盡都順利。」
願上帝保守我們，成為真正「有福」！
