Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners,

or take his place in the way of evil-doers,

or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

The evil-doers are not so,

but are like the dust from the grain,

which the wind takes away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

Hear the voice of my supplications,

when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.