Psalms 1

1 “BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, 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 whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts 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 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that 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 Not so the unrighteous; They are like 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 judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

Therfor wickid men risen not ayen in doom; nethir synneres in the councel of iust men.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.

For the Lord knowith the weie of iust men; and the weie of wickid men schal perische.