Psalms 1

1 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.

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.

2 But his wille is in the lawe of the Lord; and he schal bithenke in the lawe of hym dai and nyyt.

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

3 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.

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.

4 Not so wickid men, not so; but thei ben as dust, which the wynd castith awei fro the face of erthe.

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

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

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,

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

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