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How blest is he who ne'er consents 
 How blest is he who ne'er consents By ill advice to walk; Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits Where men profanely talk. 
 But makes the perfect law of God His study and delight; Devoutly reads therein by day, And meditates by night. 
 Like some fair tree which, fed by streams, With timely fruit doth bend, He still shall flourish, and success All his designs attend. 
 Ungodly men and their attempts No lasting root shall find, Untimely withered, and dispersed Like chaff before the wind. 
 Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb Before their Judge's face; No formal hypocrite shall then Among the saints have place. 
 For God approves the just man's ways, To happiness they tend; But sinners and the paths they tread Shall both in ruin end. 

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But makes the perfect law of God His business and delight; Devoutly reads therein by day, And meditates by night.