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 has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

2 Sed in lege Domini voluntas eius, et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

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

And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

4 Non sic impii, non sic: sed tamquam pulvis, quem proiicit ventus a facie terræ.

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

5 Ideo non resurgent impii in iudicio: neque peccatores in concilio iustorum.

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

6 Quoniam novit Dominus viam iustorum: et iter impiorum peribit.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.