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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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