Psalm 1

To the tune of There Is A Fountain

Blessed is the one who turns away
From where the wicked walk
Who does not stand in sinners’ paths
Or sit with those who mock.

Instead he finds God’s holy law
His joy and great delight
He makes the precepts of Yahweh
His study day and night.

He prospers ever like a tree
That’s planted by a stream
And in due season yields its fruit
Its leaves are always green.

Not so the wicked! They are like
The chaff that’s blown away
They will not stand when judgment comes
Or with the righteous stay.

For Yahweh sees and knows the way
That all the righteous go
But those who live in wickedness
Yahweh will overthrow.