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Psalm 1: Beatus vir qui non abiit

Book of Common Prayer (1979), page 585. In the 30-day Psalter it is read on day 1, at Morning Prayer.

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.

When it is appointed