1 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:
1 Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, et in via peccatorum non stetit, et in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit;
2 But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.
2 sed in lege Domini voluntas ejus, et in lege ejus meditabitur die ac nocte.
3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.
3 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 Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
4 Non sic impii, non sic; sed tamquam pulvis quem projicit ventus a facie terræ.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.
5 Ideo non resurgent impii in judicio, neque peccatores in concilio justorum:
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.
6 quoniam novit Dominus viam justorum, et iter impiorum peribit.