Psalmorum 1

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

Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

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

But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law 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 quaecumque faciet, prosperabuntur.

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

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

The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

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

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

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

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.