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Text · Psalm 1

That Man Hath Perfect Blessedness

That man hath perfect blessedness

from the Scottish Psalter, 1650 · 8.6.8.6

1.That man hath perfect blessedness
who walketh not astray
In counsel of ungodly men,
nor stands in sinners' way,

2.Nor sitteth in the scorner's chair:
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:

4.And all he doth shall prosper well.
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 is known:
Whereas the way of wicked men
shall quite be overthrown.

Sung to

Same meter but needs editorial underlay: ARLINGTON, AZMON, BALLERMA, BEATITUDO, CLEANSING FOUNTAIN, CRIMOND, DETROIT, DUNDEE, GLASGOW, GRÄFENBERG, LEA, MANOAH, MARTYRDOM, MCKEE, NEW BRITAIN, ORTONVILLE, PETER'S ADMONITION, RICHMOND, ST. AGNES, ST. ETHELDREDA, ST. FLAVIAN, ST. MAGNUS, ST. STEPHEN, STRACATHRO, WINCHESTER OLD.

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