That Man is Blest who, Fearing God from Psalm 1 The Psalter, 1912

IRISH (C.M.) Dublin, Hymns & Sacred Poems 1749

That man is blest who, fear-ing God,
   From sin re-strains his feet,
Who will not stand with wick-ed men,
   Who shuns the scorn-er's seat.

Yea, blest is he who makes God's law
   His por-tion and de-light,
And med-i-tates up-on that law
   With glad-ness day and night.

That man is nour-ished like a tree
   Set by the riv-er's side;
Its leaf is green, its fruit is sure,
   And thus his works a-bide.

The wick-ed like the driv-en chaff
   Are swept from off the land;
They shall not gath-er with the just,
   Nor in the judg-ment stand.

The Lord will guard the right-eous well,
   Their way to him is known;
The way of sin-ners, far from God,
   Shall sure-ly be o'er-thrown.