Author: Isaac Watts

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 9781331339267

Excerpt from Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and Applied to the Christian State and Worship Psalms. Psalm 1. Common Metre. Way and end of the righteous and wicked. 1 Blest is the man who shuns the place Where sinners love to meet; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hate the scoffer's seat: 2 But in the statues of the Lord Has plac'd his chief delight; By day he reads or bears the word, And meditates by night. 3 [He, like a plant of gen'rous kind, By living waters set, Safe from the storm and blasting wind, Enjoys a peaceful state.] 4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair Shall his profession shine; While fruits of holiness appear Like clusters on the vine. 5 Not so th' impious and unjust; What vain designs they form! Their hopes are blown away, like dust, Or chaff before the storm. 6 Sinners in judgments 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.