PSAL. I. Done into Verse, 1653

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