Psalm 1

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly,

and has not stood in the way of the sinners,

and has not sat in the seat of the evil men.

But his will is in the law of the Lord; and in His law he shall meditate day and night.

He shall be like the tree which is planted by the streams of water,

which shall yield its fruit in its due season,

and its leaf shall not scatter,

and in everything he does he prospers.

Not so are the ungodly, not so;

but rather they are like the chaff which the wind scatters upon the face of the earth.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment, nor the sinners in the council of the righteous.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

ALLELUIA.