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A New Version of the Psalms of David

Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By Sir Richard Blackmore

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1

Psalm I.

Common Metre.

1

O happy Man, who shuns all Day

Th' Ungodly's Walks with Care;
Who stands not in the Sinner's Way,
Nor takes the Scorner's Chair.

2

But makes the Precepts of the Lord

His Joy and chief Delight;
And on his Sacred Will and Word
Contemplates Day and Night.

3

He'll, like a Tree by Waters fed,

His Fruit in Season give;
He his unfading Leaf shall spread,
And always prosp'rous live.

4

Not so th' Ungodly, they shall fly,

Like Chaff before the Wind;
And driv'n about in vain shall try
A resting Place to find.

2

5

The Wicked cannot, when arraign'd,

Stand in the Judgment, sure,
Nor enter with Transgression stain'd
Th' Assembly of the Pure.

6

For the Just God the Righteous knows,

Who still his Laws obey,
But Sinners, who his Will oppose,
Shall perish in their Way.

Another Metre.

1

O happy Man, that all the Day

Avoids th' Ungodly's Walks with Care;
Who stands not in the Sinner's Way,
And sits not in the Scorner's Chair:

2

But makes the Precepts of the Lord

His dearest Pleasure and Delight,
And on his sacred Will and Word,
Contemplates all the Day and Night.

3

He's like a Tree by Waters fed,

That dos his Fruit in Season give,
He his unwith'ring Leaf shall spread,
And shall in all Things prosp'rous live.

4

Not so the vile ungodly Race,

They no such happy State shall find;
For they, like Chaff, from Place to Place,
Shall fly before the driving Wind.

5

Behold, the Wicked, when arraign'd,

In Judgment cannot stand the Light,
Nor enter, with Transgression stain'd,
The Congregation of th' Upright.

3

6

For the Just God approves and knows

The Righteous, who his Laws obey;
But Sinners, who his Will oppose,
Shall surely perish in their Way.