Psalm 1 (Version 2)

The man is ever blest

Who shuns the sinner's ways,

Among their counsels never stands,

Nor takes the scorner's place;

But makes the Law of God

His study and delight,

Amidst the labours of the day,

And watches of the night.

He like a tree shall thrive,

With waters near the root:

Fresh as the leaf his name shall live,

His works are heavenly fruit.

Not so th' ungodly race,

They no such blessings find;

Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff

Before the driving wind.

How will they bear to stand

Before that judgment-seat,

Where all the saints at Christ's right hand

In full assembly meet?

He knows, and he approves

The way the righteous go;

But sinners and their works shall meet

A dreadful overthrow.