< Psalms 1 >
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
Blessid is the man, that yede not in the councel of wickid men; and stood not in the weie of synneris, and sat not in the chaier of pestilence.
2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
But his wille is in the lawe of the Lord; and he schal bithenke in the lawe of hym dai and nyyt.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
And he schal be as a tree, which is plauntid bisidis the rennyngis of watris; which tre schal yyue his fruyt in his tyme. And his leef schal not falle doun; and alle thingis which euere he schal do schulen haue prosperite.
4 The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Not so wickid men, not so; but thei ben as dust, which the wynd castith awei fro the face of erthe.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Therfor wickid men risen not ayen in doom; nethir synneres in the councel of iust men.
6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
For the Lord knowith the weie of iust men; and the weie of wickid men schal perische.