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 that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, 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 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 ejus non defluet; et omnia quæcumque faciet prosperabuntur.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in season; its leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he doeth shall prosper.

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

The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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

Therefore the ungodly 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 knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.