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.

Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

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

But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate 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.

And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

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

Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

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

Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

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

For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.