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...DELUSION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MARTHA WASHINGTON by SIDNEY LANIER THE CRESCENT MOON by AMY LOWELL THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL THE PLACE OF PEACE by EDWIN MARKHAM PLAYING SOMEONE ELSE'S PIANO by KAREN SWENSON |