Psalms 1

1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, et in via peccatorum non stetit, et in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit;

2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

sed in lege Domini voluntas ejus, et in lege ejus meditabitur die ac nocte.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

Et erit tamquam lignum quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum, quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo: et folium ejus non defluet; et omnia quæcumque faciet prosperabuntur.

4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

Non sic impii, non sic; sed tamquam pulvis quem projicit ventus a facie terræ.

5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

Ideo non resurgent impii in judicio, neque peccatores in concilio justorum:

6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

quoniam novit Dominus viam justorum, et iter impiorum peribit.