Psalms 1

1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum et in via peccatorum non stetit et in cathedra pestilentiae non sedit

2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

sed in lege Domini voluntas eius et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte

3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

et erit tamquam lignum quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non defluet et omnia quaecumque faciet prosperabuntur

4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

non sic impii non sic sed tamquam pulvis quem proicit ventus a facie terrae

5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

ideo non resurgent impii in iudicio neque peccatores in consilio iustorum

6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

quoniam novit Dominus viam iustorum et iter impiorum peribit