7114 PSALMS OF DAVID, Imitated its the Language of the New Testament and applied to the Christian Slate and Worship. Luke xxiv. 44. All Things must be fulfilled which were written in the Psalms concerning me. Heb. xi. 32. David, Samuel, and the Prophets, ver. 40. That they without us should not be made perfect. PSALM I. [C. M.] The may and end of the righteous and the snicked. I BLEST is the man who shuns the place Where sinners love to meet; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer's seat. 2 But in the statutes of the Lord Has plac'd his chief delight; By day he reads or hears the word, And meditates by night. 3 [He like a plant of generous kind By living waters set, Safe from thestorms and blasting wind, Enjoys a peaceful state.] .4 Green as the leaf, and Over fair Shall his profession shine: While fruits of holiness appear Like clusters on the vine. Not so the impious and unjust What vain designs they form ! Their hopes are blown away like dust, Or chaff before the storm. C Sinners in judgment shall not stand Amongst the sons of grace, When Christ the judge at his right-hand Appoints his saints a place. 7 His eye beholds the path they tread, His heart approves it well ; But crooked ways of sinners lead Down to the gates of hell. PSALM I. [S. M.] The saint happy, the sinner miserable. I THE man is ever blest Who shuns the sinner's ways, Among their counsels never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place. 2 But makes the law of God His study and delight, Amidst 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 heav'nly fruit. 4 Not so th' 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, [hand Where all the saints at Christ's right - 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. PSALM L [L. M.] The difference between the righteous and the snicked. I HAPPY the man, whose cautious feet, Shun the broad way that sinners go, Who hates theplace where atheists meet And fears to talk as scoffers do. 2 He loves t'employ his morning light Amongst the statutes of the Lord ; And spends the wakeful hours of night, With pleasure pond'ring o'er the word. 3 He, like a plant by gentle streams, Shall flourish in immortal green And heav'n will shinewithkindest beams On ev'ry work his hands begin. 4 But sinners find their counsels croat, As chaff before the tempest flies ; So shall their hopes be blown and lost, When the last trumpet shakes the skies. 5 In vain the rebel seeks to stand In judgment with the pious race ; The dreadful j udge with sterncommand Divides him to a diff'rent place. 6 " Straight is theway my saints have trod " I blest the path, and drew it plain ; " Butyouwouldchoose the crooked road, " And down It leads to endless pain.
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