v1: It begins with you listening to the ungodly people you encounter in your everyday life. Then you're standing still, so you can listen closer. Then you're sitting down so you can listen and follow the unbelievers even more closely.
v2: Rather than heeding the ungodly, scornful sinners, a Christian should learn and delight in God's laws and ways and think about them constantly. This isn't meant to be a legalistic requirement. The closer a believer gets to Christ, through studying God's Word, praying, and fellowshipping with other believers, the more he'll be inclined to mull over the things of God.
v3: The Christian who does this won't give up on their faith when persecution or temptation come along. (See the parable of the sower.) They'll also bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit (See Galatians 5 16-23.) Christians will live lives of spiritual strength and vitality, though there can certainly also be the blessing of physical strength and vitality in a believer's life as a result of obedience to God. Another result of this can be physical prosperity, but more importantly, God will reward the deeds done by that person of God when that man or woman gets to Heaven. (See Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount about laying up treasure in Heaven.)
v4: One day, those ungodly people you're listening to will be gone as if they were blown away by a good wind. Like chaff, they are worth nothing, so long as they continue in their sin.
v5: On that day, the ungodly are going to perish in the final judgment spoken of at the end of Revelation. They will not be where the righteous are. (See the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16.)
v6: See Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount about "depart from me ye worker of iniquity. I never knew you."
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