Psalm 1 Beatus vir qui non abiit.

BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, * and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

²But his delight is in the law of the LORD; * and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.

³And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, * that will bring forth his fruit in due season.

⁴His leaf also shall not wither; * and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

⁵As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; * but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

⁶Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, * neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

⁷But the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; * and the way of the ungodly shall perish.