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.

2. But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

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.

4. Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

5. Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

6. For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.





Por que a tentação passada deixa na alma uma certa perturbação? perguntou um penitente a Padre Pio. Ele respondeu: “Você já presenciou um tremor de terra? Quando tudo estremece a sua volta, você também é sacudido; no entanto, não necessariamente fica enterrado nos destroços!” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina