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Psalm 1

World English Bible, Catholic edition, in plain modern English. About the translations

1 Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

2 but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

4 The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text. The Catechism uses modern verse numbers and psalm numbers (one higher than Douay-Rheims for most psalms), so these are listed by chapter.

  1. Psalm 1:1 in modern Bibles
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    • “David, however, comprehends the knowledge of the three doctrines, and speaks in like manner: "Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly,”

      Quoted in The Letter of Barnabas, Unknown author (early 2nd century), Chapter X. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  2. Psalm 1:2 in modern Bibles
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    • “Those who make their way by faith steadily towards the Father and the Son; for this is denoted by the steadiness of those which divide the hoof; and they meditate day and night upon the words of God,”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter VIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  3. Psalm 1:3 in modern Bibles
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    • “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just; for the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

      Quoted in The Letter of Barnabas, Unknown author (early 2nd century), Chapter XI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “And David says that the righteous man is like the tree that is planted by the channels of waters, which should yield its fruit in its season, and whose leaf should not fade.”

      Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter LXXXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  4. Psalm 1:4 in modern Bibles
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    • “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just; for the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

      Quoted in The Letter of Barnabas, Unknown author (early 2nd century), Chapter XI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  5. Psalm 1:5 in modern Bibles
    Read the Fathers

    • “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just; for the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

      Quoted in The Letter of Barnabas, Unknown author (early 2nd century), Chapter XI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  6. Psalm 1:6 in modern Bibles
    Read the Fathers

    • “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just; for the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

      Quoted in The Letter of Barnabas, Unknown author (early 2nd century), Chapter XI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

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