Psalmorum 1

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

BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

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

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth 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 like a tree planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

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

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.