Psalm 1

Psalm 1
@2014 Stephen G Brown

 

This was written as a "first fruits" offering for a songwriting group I participate in.  I have an alternate section for the section beginning "He will be like a tree", but I haven't recorded that version yet.


Psalm 1

D
How blessed is the man who does not walk
       C
In the counsel of the wicked,
    G                    D
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
    C
Nor sit in the seat
G                           D
Lord like I do, the seat of scoffers!

D
Blessed the man whose delight is
       C
In the law of the Lord,
    G                 D
And in His law he meditates  (both night and day)

D
He will be like a tree planted by the water
G
A tree that gives good fruit when it's time comes
D
All its leaves stay green, you will not see them wither;
G
And all his does, finds victory.

D
The wicked, my Lord, they are not so,
         C
They are lost like the chaff
G                              D
Lost like the chaff and blown away.

D
The wicked will not stand in the judgment,
C
And sinners have no place among
  G                       D
Among your righteous assembly

        D
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
        C
But the ways of the wicked
    G                       D
The ways of the wicked will perish

Quiet

Quiet
©2012 Stephen G Brown

 

Lyrics:

Keep watch with me while I grieve, while I grieve, while I grieve
Peter, sons of Zebedee, Zebedee, sons of Zebedee

Sleep, while you sleep
The hour is at hand
Keep watch with me
While I grieve

Father, take this cup from me
Take this cup, take this cup from me

Sleep, while you sleep
The hour is at hand
Keep watch with me
While I grieve

You can get a PDF of the sheet music here