PSALM 1. _Beatus vir, qui non abiit, &c_.
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 judgement:
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.