Matthew Parker?, 1567

446. 446. 446. 446. Psalm 1

No copyright. Transcribed from The Whole Psalter Translated, 1567.

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Thomas Tallis, 1567

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1. Man blest no doubt Who walk not out In wicked men's affairs: And stands no day In sinners way, Nor sit in scorner's chairs.

2. He like shall be The planted tree, Nigh set the water's course: Which fruit in tide, Whole leaves abide, All prosp'reth what he does.

3. Therefore these men, So wicked then, In judgment shall not stand: Nor sinners be In company Of righteous men of hand.

1. But hold e'en still God's law in will, With all his heart's delight: And will him use, On it to muse, To keep it day and night.

3. The Lord doth know, And will avow, Men's ways that are of God: Where shall decay The beaten way Of wicked men so broad.

2. Not so, not so The wicked do, Like dust or chaff they be: Up-hoist by wind, As light as kind, From face of earth to see.

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Edited by B. C. Johnston, 2015.

1. All notes half value of original. Bar-lines in original shown dashed; the "measures" thus created are unequal.

2. Bass m. 2-1, rest at end of bar moved to 2-2, to equalize with other three parts.