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.

Blessed is the man that doeth not walke in the counsell of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in ye seate of the scornefull:

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

But his delite is in the Lawe of the Lord, and in his Lawe doeth he meditate day and night.

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.

For he shall be like a tree planted by the riuers of waters, that will bring foorth her fruite in due season: whose leafe shall not fade: so whatsoeuer he shall doe, shall prosper.

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

The wicked are not so, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.

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,

Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.

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

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked shall perish.