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 does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal·, 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 Adonai’s Torah ·Teaching·. On his torot ·teachings· 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 people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· in the congregation of the upright.

6 quoniam novit Dominus viam justorum, et iter impiorum peribit.]

For Adonai knows the way of the upright, but the way of the wicked shall perish.