Psalm 1. Beatus vir qui non abiit.

1. 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.
2. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; *
   and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.
3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, *
   that will bring forth his fruit in due season.
4. His leaf also shall not wither; *
   and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
5. As 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.
6. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, *
   neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
7. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; *
   and the way of the ungodly shall perish.