The Psalter
 
 
Book One
 
 
*First Day: Morning Prayer*
 
 
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.