THE PSALTER: First Kathisma
Psalm One LXX (Ps. 1, Masoretic)

St. Pachomius Library Translation of the Septuagint

1. Blessed is the man that walked not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the pestilent.
   2 Chr. 22:5; Ps. 25(26):4; Pr. 4:14ff; Jer. 15:17(Mas.);
2. But his will is in the law of the LORD; and in his law shall he meditate day and night.
   Josh. 1:8; Ps. 118(119):1, 35, 47, 92, 97;
3. And he shall be like the tree planted by the outgoings of the waters, that shall give his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not fall; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
   Gen. 39:3,23; Ps. 127(128):2-3; Isa. 3:10; Jer. 17:5-8(Mas.); Ezek. 47:12;
4. The ungodly are not so: they are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind cast off from the face of the earth.
   Job 21:18; Ps. 34(35):5; Isa. 17:13; Isa. 29:5; Hos. 13:3;
5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand up in the judgment, nor sinners in the council of the righteous.
   Wisd. 5:1;
6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
   Jn. 10:14; 2 Tim. 2:19; Ps. 36(37):18; Nah. 1:7;

• General: In ancient times, Psalms 1 and 2 were often considered to form one poem. Thus, Acts 13:33 quotes Ps. 2 as "the first psalm". The Talmud (tractate Berachoth, 9b) states this explicitly.

• v. 1, "Blessed": In the Masoretic text, a noun: "O, the blessedness of the man ... !"

• v. 6, "Knoweth": In the Masoretic text, the verb is jodea, meaning "approves" or "gives equal weight".