A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship ‎#P.XXXIII

P.XXXIII. How blest is he, who ne'er consents

1 How blest is he, who ne'er consents
By ill advice to walk;
Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor fits
Where men profanely talk:

2 But makes the perfect law of God
His bus'ness and delight;
Devoutly reads therein by day,
And meditates by might.

3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams,
With timely fruit does bend,
He still shall flourish, and success
All his designs attend.

4 Ungodly men, and their attempts,
No lasting root shall find;
Untimely blasted, and dispers'd,
Like chaff before the wind.

5 For God approves the just man's ways;
To happiness they tend:
But sinners, and the paths they tread,
Shall both in ruin end.

Text Information

• First Line: How blest is he, who ne'er consents
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1789
• Scripture:
  Psalm 1
• Topic: Instructive Psalms
• Source: Tate and Brady's New Version

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