Into the Fire

Blessed is the man 

   who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners

   or sit in the seat of mockers.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

   and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree planted by streams of living water,

   which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither.

   Whatever he does prospers.

Not so the wicked!

   They are like chaff

   that the wind blows away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,

   nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,

   but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 1 (NIV)