Psalmorum 1

1 beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum et in via peccatorum non stetit et in cathedra pestilentiae non sedit

BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

2 sed in lege Domini voluntas eius et in lege eius 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 eius non defluet et omnia quaecumque faciet prosperabuntur

And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

4 non sic impii non sic sed tamquam pulvis quem proicit ventus a facie terrae

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

5 ideo non resurgent impii in iudicio neque peccatores in consilio iustorum

Therefore the wicked shall not 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 shall perish.