Psalms 1

1 Blessid is the man, that yede not in the councel of wickid men; and stood not in the weie of synneris, and sat not in the chaier of pestilence.

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 But his wille is in the lawe of the Lord; and he schal bithenke in the lawe of hym dai and nyyt.

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

3 And he schal be as a tree, which is plauntid bisidis the rennyngis of watris; which tre schal yyue his fruyt in his tyme. And his leef schal not falle doun; and alle thingis which euere he schal do schulen haue prosperite.

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 whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.

4 Not so wickid men, not so; but thei ben as dust, which the wynd castith awei fro the face of erthe.

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

5 Therfor wickid men risen not ayen in doom; nethir synneres in the councel of iust men.

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

6 For the Lord knowith the weie of iust men; and the weie of wickid men schal perische.

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