Psalm | Psalm 1 (with Nick Locke)

Opening Song:
Like a Tree (Psalm 1) by Caroline Cobb Smith

Lyrics:
Blessed is the one who loves Your word
Your ways are his delight
Knows that he needs it eat sleeps and breathes it
Thinkin’ on it day and night

But sad for the one who walks away
Sits down with all the scoffers
Building his kingdom calling it freedom
Chasing after what the world offers

I want to be like a tree by the river
(Tree by the river)
Oh plant me down by the deep deep water
(Deep deep water)
When the sun gets hot my leaves won’t wither
(Leaves won't wither)
Oh plant me down like a tree by the river
Oh plant me down by Your deep deep water

I want to be like a mighty oak
Roots growing strong and deep
When the wind blows the roots gonna hold
‘Cause You’re holding on to me
Yeah You’re holding on to me yeah

Plant me plant me plant me by the river
Wash me wash me wash me with Your water

I want to be like a tree by the river
(Tree by the river)
Oh plant me down by the deep deep water
When the sun gets hot my leaves won’t wither
(Leaves won't wither)
Oh plant me down like a tree by the river
Oh plant me down by Your deep deep water

Let’s go to the river
Let’s go to the water

Passage:
Blessed is the man[a]
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.

Musical Reflection:
“Be Thou My Vision,” old Irish folk tune

Reflection Notes:
The hymn commonly known as “Be Thou My Vision” is set to the tune SLANE, which is an old Irish folk tune. It samples both major and minor tonalities, with a perfect balance between the two.

Prayer:
We beseech you, O Lord, to purify our consciences by your daily visitation; that when your Son our Lord comes, he may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
-The Gelasian Sacramentary