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 pestilentiae 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 eius et in lege eius 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 eius non defluet et omnia quaecumque 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 proicit ventus a facie terrae

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 iudicio neque peccatores in consilio iustorum

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 iustorum et iter impiorum peribit