<p>{1:1} Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.
<br>{1:2} But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.
<br>{1:3} And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.
<br>{1:4} Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.
<br>{1:5} Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.
<br>{1:6} For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.</p>
<p>Psalm 2</p>
<p>{2:1} Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
<br>{2:2} The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
<br>{2:3} “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
<br>{2:4} He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
<br>{2:5} Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
<br>{2:6} Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
<br>{2:7} The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
<br>{2:8} Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
<br>{2:9} You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
<br>{2:10} And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
<br>{2:11} Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
<br>{2:12} Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.
<br>{2:13} Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.</p>
