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.

O the blessedness of that one, Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, And has not stood in the way of sinners, And has not sat 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 his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, And in His law he meditates by day and by 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 has been as a tree, Planted by streams of water, That gives its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither, And all that he does he causes to 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] as chaff that wind drives away!

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

Therefore the wicked do not rise in 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 YHWH is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!