Done into Verse, 1653. <br /> <br /> <br />Bless'd is the man who hath not walk'd astray <br />In counsel of the wicked, and ith'way <br />Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat <br />Of scorners hath not sate. But in the great <br />Jehovahs Law is ever his delight, <br />And in his law he studies day and night. <br />He shall be as a tree which planted grows <br />By watry streams, and in his season knows <br />To yield his fruit, and his leaf shall not fall. <br />And what he takes in hand shall prosper all. <br />Not so the wicked, but as chaff which fann'd <br />The wind drives, so the wicked shall not stand <br />In judgment, or abide their tryal then <br />Nor sinners in th'assembly of just men. <br />For the Lord knows th'upright way of the just <br />And the way of bad men to ruine must.<br /><br />John Milton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-01/
