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Hymnal Number
506Resource Type:
Keys included:
Eb
About this Hymn
This paraphrase comes to us through The New Metrical Version of the Psalms (1909), which formed the textual basis of what would become The Psalter (1912). Psalm 1 looks at the distinctions between the righteous and the wicked; the righteous meditate on the word of God, and because of it they flourish.
Lyrics
Verse 1
That man is blest who, fearing God, from sin restrains his feet, who will not stand with wicked men, who shuns the scorners' seat.
Verse 2
Yea, blest is he who makes God's law his portion and delight, and meditates upon that law with gladness day and night.
Verse 3
That man is nourished like a tree set by the river's side; its leaf is green, its fruit is sure, and thus his works abide.
Verse 4
The wicked, like the driven chaff, are swept from off the land; they shall not gather with the just, nor in the judgment stand.
Verse 5
The Lord will guard the righteous well, their way to him is known; the way of sinners, far from God, shall surely be o'erthrown.
That man is blest who, fearing God, from sin restrains his feet, who will not stand with wicked men, who shuns the scorners' seat.
Verse 2
Yea, blest is he who makes God's law his portion and delight, and meditates upon that law with gladness day and night.
Verse 3
That man is nourished like a tree set by the river's side; its leaf is green, its fruit is sure, and thus his works abide.
Verse 4
The wicked, like the driven chaff, are swept from off the land; they shall not gather with the just, nor in the judgment stand.
Verse 5
The Lord will guard the righteous well, their way to him is known; the way of sinners, far from God, shall surely be o'erthrown.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: New Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1909
Music: John H. Gower, 1890
Music: John H. Gower, 1890