Matt Talbot rose from the depths of addiction in the poverty stricken docks of Dublin where he worked from age 12 to 28, only to live a life of heroic sanctity thereafter. He came to personify the just man sung of in the words of this psalm. In 1975 he was named Venerable by the church which is the step before Blessed and Sainthood.

Happy the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked, Nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, But delights in the law of the Lord ...Psalm 1

Fíorshonas S AOIBHINN DON FHEAR nach leanann de chomhairle lucht na héagráifeachta; nach seasann i slí na bpeacach, agus nach suíonn i gcuideachta na sotalach;	. Happy the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked nor walks in the way of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent
2. ach a bhfuil a dhúil i ndlí an Tiarna, agus a dhéanann machnamh air de lá agus d�oíche.	But delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on his law day and night
3. Is cosúil an duine sin le crann a plandaíodh ar bhruach na habhann, a thugann a thoradh go tráthúil agus nach bhfeonn a dhuilleoga choíche. Bíonn an rath ar gach aon ní dá ndéanann sé.	He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade. Whatever he does, prospers.
4. Ní amhlaidh do na héagráifigh, ní amhlaidh! ach mar cháith a scaiptear le gaoth.	Not so the wicked, not so; they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5. Ionas nach seasfaidh na héagráifigh sa bhreithiúnas ná na peacaigh i gcomhthionól na bhfíréan.	Therefore in judgment the wicked shall not stand nor shall sinners, in the assembly of the just.
6. Óir is cúram don Tiarna slí na bhfíréan, ach rachaidh slí na n-éagráifeach ar ceal.	For the Lord watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked perishes.

Courtesy of Vivian & Jack.
Replay background music: Luke Dillon

x

Filleadh abhaile
Back to Home Page