Psalm 1. Beatus vir qui non abiit.

1. Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, *
   nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful!
2. Their delight is in the law of the Lord, *
   and they meditate on his law day and night.
3. They are like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; *
   everything they do shall prosper.
4. It is not so with the wicked; *
   they are like chaff which the wind blows away.
5. Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when judgment comes, *
   nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.
6. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, *
   but the way of the wicked is doomed.