Psalms 1-41 - Book 1

Psalm 1a verses 1 to 6. Sing Psalms version Tune: St Petersburg Crow Road Free Church image: two houses (Matthew 7: 21-29 & Luke 6: 43-49) This psalm opens the book of psalms. It is often paired with Psalm 2. Psalm 2 ends with the word with which psalm 1 began. 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.