Minister: Lift up your hearts!
Congregation: We lift them up to the Lord!
Oh, bless the man who does not walk,
Where ungodly men give their wisdom.
Bless the man who will not stand
Where sinners stand,
Where the scornful sit.
His true delight is in the law,
His meditation in the Lord,
Day and night he thinks on this.
Like a tree, by a deep river,
He flourishes,
And bears fruit in season.
His leaf is green,
Whatever he does flourishes green as well.
The ungodly are brown,
Like dry chaff
That the wind carries off.
They will not stand in the judgment of God;
Sinners cannot remain
In the congregation of saints.
God knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the sinner
Will die along with him.
Psalm 1
And so, gracious Father, we worship You now through Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end, amen.