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PSALMS

PSALM 1. S.M.
The way and end of the righteous and the wicked.

1	THE man is ever blest    Who shuns the sinner's ways, Amidst their councils never stands,    Nor takes the scorner's place.
2	But makes the law of God    His study and delight, Throughout the labours of the day,    And watches of the night.
3	He like a tree shall thrive,    With waters near the root; Fresh as the leaf his name shall live;    His works are heavenly fruit.
4	Not so the ungodly race,    They no such blessings find; Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff    Before the driving wind.
5	How will they bear to stand,    Before that judgment-seat, Where all the saints at Christ's right hand    In full assembly meet?
6	He knows, and he approves    The way the righteous go: But sinners and their works shall meet    A dreadful overthrow.