Psalm 1

¹ O blessed man, that in th’ advice

of wicked doth not walk:

nor stand in sinners’ way, nor sit

in chair of scornful folk.

² But in the law of Jehovah,

is his longing delight:

and in his law doth meditate,

by day and eke by night.

³ And he shall be like to a tree

planted by water rivers:

that in his season yields his fruit,

and his leaf never withers.

⁴ And all he doth shall prosper well,

the wicked are not so:

but they are like unto the chaff,

which wind drives to and fro.

⁵ Therefore shall not ungodly men

rise to stand in the doom,

nor shall the sinners with the just

in their assembly come.

⁶ For of the righteous men the Lord

acknowledgeth the way:

but the way of ungodly men

shall utterly decay.