Scottish Psalter 1564 Psalm 1

Psalm 1

Words: Thomas Sternhold, as in The Scottish Psalter 1564 (aka The Scottish Psalter of 1635)


 * 1 The man is blest that hath not lent
 * to wicked men his ear,
 * Nor led his life as sinners do,
 * nor sat in scorner's chair.
 * 2 But in the law of God the Lord
 * doth set his whole delight,
 * And in the same doth exercise
 * himself both day and night.


 * 3 He shall be like a tree that grows
 * fast by the river side:,
 * Which bringeth forth most pleasant fruit
 * in her due time and tide.
 * Whose leaf shall never fade nor fall,
 * but flourish still and stand:
 * E'en so all things shall prosper well
 * that this man takes in hand.


 * 4 So shall not the ungodly men,
 * they shall be nothing so;
 * But as the dust, which from the earth
 * the winds drive to and fro.
 * 5 Therefore shall not the wicked men
 * in judgment stand upright,
 * Nor the sinners with the just
 * shall come in place or sight.


 * 6 For why? The way of godly men
 * unto the Lord is known:
 * Whereas the way of wicked men
 * shall quite be overthrown.