The whole Psalter translated into English Metre which contayneth an hundreth and fifty Psalmes |
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The first Psalme.
The Argument.
This Psalme in senceShewth difference
of men both good and bad:
It shewth their fruites
Their hartes pursuites
their endes both glad & sad
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Man blest no doubt: who walkth not out,in wicked mens affayres:
And stondth no daie: in sinners waie,
nor sitth in scorners chayres.
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But holdth euen still: Gods lawe in will,with all his hartes delight:
And will him vse: on it to muse,
to keepe it day and night.
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He like shall bee: the planted tree,nie set the riuers course:
Which fruth in tyde: whose leaues abide,
all prosperth what he doese.
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Not so, not so: the wicked do,lyke dust or chaffe they bee:
Uphoyst by winde: as light by kynde,
from face of earth to see.
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Therfore these men: so wicked then,in iudgement shall not stand:
Nor sinners bee: in companie,
of righteous men of hand.
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The Lord doth know: and will auow,mens wayes that are of God:
Where shall decaie: the beaten waie,
of wicked men so brode.
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