Psalmorum 1

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

Blessed is the one who doesn't follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join in with scoffers.

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 on his law he meditates 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 streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.

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

Not so with the wicked; instead, they are like the chaff which the wind drives 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 knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.