Scottish Metrical Psalm Tunes

Psalm 1:3 Sing Psalms "In every act and every word he knows the blessing of the LORD." Tune: St Petersburg meter: 8 8 8 8 8 8 Crow Road Free Church The images are only intended to provide resonances with some aspects of the psalm; they are not intended as one-to-one correspondences. images: a tree Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh. For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, an uninhabited salt land. “Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh. For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit. (Jeremiah 17: 5-8. See also Jeremiah 12: 1-4) PSALM 1 (b) 8 8 8 8 8 8 1 How blessed the one who does not walk Where wicked men would guide his feet, Who does not stand in sinners’ paths Or sit upon the scorners’ seat. 2 The law of God is his delight, His meditation day and night. 3 He prospers like a tree, which has Been planted by a flowing stream, And in its season yields its fruit; Its leaves are always fresh and green. In every act and every word He knows the blessing of the LORD. 4 Not so the wicked: they are like The chaff the wind will blow away. 5 They will not in the judgment stand, Nor sinners with the righteous stay. 6 God knows the way the righteous go; The wicked’s way he’ll overthrow. #shorts #psalms #psalm1 #bible #dailyverse #singpsalms