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 I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

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 delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he 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 planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he 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 the wicked shall not 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 shall perish.