< Psalmorum 1 >
1 [Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, et in via peccatorum non stetit, et in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit;
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
2 sed in lege Domini voluntas ejus, et in lege ejus meditabitur die ac nocte.
but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his Torah he meditates day and night.
3 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.
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
4 Non sic impii, non sic; sed tamquam pulvis quem projicit ventus a facie terræ.
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Ideo non resurgent impii in judicio, neque peccatores in concilio justorum:
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 quoniam novit Dominus viam justorum, et iter impiorum peribit.]
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.