< 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 does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal·, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
2 sed in lege Domini voluntas eius et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte
but his delight is in Adonai’s Torah ·Teaching·. On his torot ·teachings· 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 produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
4 non sic impii non sic sed tamquam pulvis quem proicit ventus a facie terrae
The wicked are not so, but 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 people who sin ·intentionally miss the mark goal· in the congregation of the upright.
6 quoniam novit Dominus viam iustorum et iter impiorum peribit
For Adonai knows the way of the upright, but the way of the wicked shall perish.