Psalmorum 1

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

BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

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 who doth meditate in his law by 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.

And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

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

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

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

Therefore shall the wicked not be able to 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 leadeth to perdition.