v.23-87 <br />C. M. <br />The way and end of the righteous and the wicked. <br /> <br />My God, the steps of pious men <br />Are ordered by thy will; <br />Though they should fall, they rise again, <br />Thy hand supports them still. <br /> <br />The Lord delights to see their ways, <br />Their virtue he approves; <br />He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace, <br />Nor leave the men he loves. <br /> <br />The heav'nly heritage is theirs, <br />Their portion and their home; <br />He feeds them now, and makes them heirs <br />Of blessings long to come. <br /> <br />Wait on the Lord, ye sons of men, <br />Nor fear when tyrants frown; <br />Ye shall confess their pride was vain, <br />When justice casts them down. <br /> <br />PAUSE. <br /> <br />The haughty sinner have I seen, <br />Nor fearing man nor God, <br />Like a tall bay-tree, fair and green, <br />Spreading his arms abroad. <br /> <br />And lo! he vanished from the ground, <br />Destroyed by hands unseen; <br />Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found <br />Where all that pride had been. <br /> <br />But mark the man of righteousness, <br />His several steps attend; <br />True pleasure runs through all his ways, <br />And peaceful is his end.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-37-part-3/
