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 hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor 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 in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate 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 which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall 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, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

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

Therefore the wicked shall not rise 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 knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.