< Psalmorum 1 >
1 Beatus vir, qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, et in via peccatorum non stetit, et in cathedra pestilentiae non sedit:
Blessid is the man, that yede not in the councel of wickid men; and stood not in the weie of synneris, and sat not in the chaier of pestilence.
2 Sed in lege Domini voluntas eius, et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte.
But his wille is in the lawe of the Lord; and he schal bithenke in the lawe of hym dai and nyyt.
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.
And he schal be as a tree, which is plauntid bisidis the rennyngis of watris; which tre schal yyue his fruyt in his tyme. And his leef schal not falle doun; and alle thingis which euere he schal do schulen haue prosperite.
4 Non sic impii, non sic: sed tamquam pulvis, quem proiicit ventus a facie terrae.
Not so wickid men, not so; but thei ben as dust, which the wynd castith awei fro the face of erthe.
5 Ideo non resurgunt impii in iudicio: neque peccatores in concilio iustorum.
Therfor wickid men risen not ayen in doom; nethir synneres in the councel of iust men.
6 Quoniam novit Dominus viam iustorum: et iter impiorum peribit.
For the Lord knowith the weie of iust men; and the weie of wickid men schal perische.