Sternhold and Hopkins Psalm 1

Sternhold and Hopkins

Psalm 1

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 is
 * planted the rivers nigh,

Which in due season bringeth forth
 * its fruit abundantly;

4 Whose leaf shall never fade nor fall,
 * but flourishing shall stand:

E'en so all things shall prosper well
 * that this man takes in hand.

5 As for ungodly men, with them
 * it shall be nothing so;

But as the chaff, which by the wind
 * is driven to and fro.

6 Therefore the wicked men shall not
 * in judgment stand upright,

Nor in th' assembly of the just
 * shall sinners come in sight.

7 For why? The way of godly men
 * unto the Lord is known:

Whereas the way of wicked men
 * shall quite be overthrown.