Psalm 1

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 138 Tallis, 125 St Peter, 121 St Matthias

1 That man hath perfect blessedness
who walketh not astray
In counsel of ungodly men,
nor stands in sinners’ way.
Nor sitteth in the scorner’s chair:
2 But placeth his delight
Upon God’s law, and meditates
on his law day and night.

3 He shall be like a tree that grows
near planted by a river,
Which in his season yields his fruit,
and his leaf fadeth never:
And all he doth shall prosper well.
4 The wicked are not so;
But like they are unto the chaff,
which wind drives to and fro.

5 In judgment therefore shall not stand
such as ungodly are;
Nor in th’ assembly of the just
shall wicked men appear.
6 For why? the way of godly men
unto the Lord in known:
Whereas the way of wicked men
shall quite be overthrown.