Psalm 1: Reading Miles Coverdale's translation [1535] - Singing Zach Sprowl's metrical version [2009]. The timeless is always relevant.

Hope you guys had a great Lord's Day Worship Service this morning. We enjoyed reading Miles Coverdale's [c. 1488-1569] translation of Psalm 1, coupled with a metrical version of the psalm written by Zach Sprowls in 2009. We sang Zach's text to the tune ST. COLUMBIA. It's an old Irish tune that is sometimes associated with the hymn text, "How Sweet and Awful is the Place."

John Jeffcoat commenting on English Bible History writes, "Coverdale finished translating the Old Testament, and in 1535 he printed the first complete Bible in the English language, making use of Luther's German text and the Latin as sources. Thus, the first complete English Bible was printed on October 4, 1535, and is known as the Coverdale Bible." check out the site:

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Here's Coverdale and then Sprowls:

Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment, neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; and the way of the ungodly shall perish. [1535]

And Zach's metrical version:

1.
Bless'd is the man who does not walk
In wicked ones' deceit
Nor does he stand in sinner's way
Nor sits in scoffer's seat
And he does not delight in sin
But in God's righteous law
Where day and night it is his joy
To ponder all day long
2.
The blessed man is like a tree
Who by the streams is found
His fruit is ripe, his leaf is strong
And all he does abounds
The wicked are not like the bless'd
Who firmly planted are
But like the chaff that blows away
To places near and far
3.
Therefore the wicked will not stand
There on the judgment day
Nor sinners with the righteous ones
Who prospered in God's ways
For God is just and knows all things
He will reward us all
The righteous will be bless'd by God
But wicked ones will fall
[2009]