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 man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

2 sed in lege Domini voluntas eius et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will 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 as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered.

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

Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.

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

Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgement, nor sinners in the counsel of the just.

6 quoniam novit Dominus viam iustorum et iter impiorum peribit

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.