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THE FIRST PSALM.
Blest is the man who walketh not
Where godless wretches meet,
Nor standeth in the sinner's way,
Nor fills the scorner's seat.
Where godless wretches meet,
Nor standeth in the sinner's way,
Nor fills the scorner's seat.
The precepts and the law of God
Are chiefly his delight;
He ponders o'er them all the day
And dreams of them at night.
Are chiefly his delight;
He ponders o'er them all the day
And dreams of them at night.
And he shall be like fruitful tree
Fast by the living flood,
That bringeth forth, in proper time,
Abundant fruit and good.
Fast by the living flood,
That bringeth forth, in proper time,
Abundant fruit and good.
No drought shall wither up his leaves,
Or parch his spreading root;
The gentle dews shall wet his head,
And waters lave his foot.
Or parch his spreading root;
The gentle dews shall wet his head,
And waters lave his foot.
How different the ungodly man!
How light and vain his mind!
In all his works he 's like the chaff
That drives before the wind.
How light and vain his mind!
In all his works he 's like the chaff
That drives before the wind.
With righteous ones he shall not stand
Before the Judge of all;
The ways of those shall please the Lord,
But he shall surely fall.
Before the Judge of all;
The ways of those shall please the Lord,
But he shall surely fall.
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