Blest is the man who hath not walked astray In counsel of the wicked, and i' th' way Of sinners hath not stood, and in the seat Of scorners hath not sat. But in the great Jehovah's Law is ever his delight, And in his Law he studies day and night. He shall be as a tree which planted grows By wat'ry 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 fanned The wind drives, so the wicked shall not stand In judgement, or abide their trial 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 ruin must. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ODE UPON A QUESTION WHETHER LOVE SHOULD CONTINUE FOREVER by EDWARD HERBERT ADMONITION [TO A TRAVELLER] by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 11 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 18 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE PROPHET by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |