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.

Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, et in via peccatorum non stetit, et in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit;

2 But his wille is in the lawe of the Lord; and he schal bithenke in the lawe of hym dai and nyyt.

sed in lege Domini voluntas ejus, et in lege ejus meditabitur die ac nocte.

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.

Et erit tamquam lignum quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum, quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo: et folium ejus non defluet; et omnia quæcumque faciet prosperabuntur.

4 Not so wickid men, not so; but thei ben as dust, which the wynd castith awei fro the face of erthe.

Non sic impii, non sic; sed tamquam pulvis quem projicit ventus a facie terræ.

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

Ideo non resurgent impii in judicio, neque peccatores in concilio justorum:

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

quoniam novit Dominus viam justorum, et iter impiorum peribit.