A translation of the psalms of David attempted in the Spirit of Christianity, and adapted to the divine service. By Christopher Smart |
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 | A translation of the psalms of David |  |
PSALM I.
The man is blest of God thro' Christ,
Who is not by the world intic't,
Where broader ruin lies;
Nor has descended to a seat,
Where scoffers at the gospel meet,
Their Saviour to despise.
Who is not by the world intic't,
Where broader ruin lies;
Nor has descended to a seat,
Where scoffers at the gospel meet,
Their Saviour to despise.
But for himself is wise to chuse
God's holy law, which he pursues
With all his means and might;
This as his exercise he takes,
And working morn and midnight makes
His duty his delight.
God's holy law, which he pursues
With all his means and might;
This as his exercise he takes,
And working morn and midnight makes
His duty his delight.
He like the tree, that bow'ring wide
Upon the river's sunny side
Has timely fasten'd root;
Shall duly each succeeding year,
In beauty and abundance rear
His bud, his bloom, and fruit.
Upon the river's sunny side
Has timely fasten'd root;
Shall duly each succeeding year,
In beauty and abundance rear
His bud, his bloom, and fruit.
His leaf shall spread a lasting shade,
Of ever-green that may not fade,
Or wear a languid hue;
And look ye forward to his end,
Success shall every work attend,
He takes in hand to do.
Of ever-green that may not fade,
Or wear a languid hue;
And look ye forward to his end,
Success shall every work attend,
He takes in hand to do.
But otherwise with those it fares,
Whose life against the gospel dares,
And with their impious race;
They like the chaff from off the land
Shall by dispersing winds be fann'd,
From earth's offended face.
Whose life against the gospel dares,
And with their impious race;
They like the chaff from off the land
Shall by dispersing winds be fann'd,
From earth's offended face.
The sinners therefore shall be far
From confidence, when at the bar
Of God's tribunal tried;
Nor can the folk, with hearts unsound,
Assemble to maintain their ground
With men to Christ allied.
From confidence, when at the bar
Of God's tribunal tried;
Nor can the folk, with hearts unsound,
Assemble to maintain their ground
With men to Christ allied.
For God his special grace bestows
On him, whose work and way he knows,
The perfect man and just;
But not a path of the profane,
Nor shall a monument remain
To frowardness and lust.
On him, whose work and way he knows,
The perfect man and just;
But not a path of the profane,
Nor shall a monument remain
To frowardness and lust.
| A translation of the psalms of David | |