Psalms 1

1 How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless, —and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

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.

2 But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight, —and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night.

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

3 So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters, —that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

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.

4 Not so, the lawless, —but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

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

5 For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment, —nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

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

6 For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.

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