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 the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

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

But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts 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 is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

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

Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

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

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

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

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.