Psalms 1

1 Happy are those who don't follow the advice of the wicked. They refuse to adopt the ways of sinful people, and they don't make fun of others.

Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, et in via peccatorum non stetit, et in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit;

2 Instead they love to do what the law of the Lord says, and they think about it day and night.

sed in lege Domini voluntas ejus, et in lege ejus meditabitur die ac nocte.

3 They're like trees growing by flowing rivers, producing fruit every season. Their leaves never wither, and they are successful in all they do.

Et erit tamquam lignum quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum, quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo: et folium ejus non defluet; et omnia quæcumque faciet prosperabuntur.

4 But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.

Non sic impii, non sic; sed tamquam pulvis quem projicit ventus a facie terræ.

5 For this reason the wicked will not survive the judgment—sinners have no place among those who live right.

Ideo non resurgent impii in judicio, neque peccatores in concilio justorum:

6 For the Lord watches over those who follow the right way, but the way of the wicked leads to death.

quoniam novit Dominus viam justorum, et iter impiorum peribit.