The Book of Psalms: Extract from King James Version Bible

Beatus vir.


The happiness of the just and the evil state of the wicked.


1:1. 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:


1:2. But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.


1:3. 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.


1:4. Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.


1:5. Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor sinners in the council of the just.


1:6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.