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.

BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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 who doth meditate in his law by 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 shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall 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 wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.