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 the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

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 meditateth on his precepts 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.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth 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 unrighteous; They are like 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 judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly 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 righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.