Ango-Genevan Psalter Revision

The Canadian Reformed Church is in the process of revising it's Book of Praise. From the website...

The Standing Committee for the Publication of the Book of Praise of the Canadian Reformed Churches is very pleased to present the first draft of the proposed revised text of the Psalms of the Anglo-Genevan Psalter.

There are revisions of about 50 of the Psalms posted so far. Here's how Psalm 1 has been revised:

1. How blest is he who shuns the path of sin,
Who spurns the counsel of unrighteous men
And will not seek the company of scoffers;
Their way of life to him no pleasure offers.
But in the law of God is his delight;
On it he meditates both day and night.

2. Those who the precepts of the LORD obey
And from His good commandments do not stray
Are like a tree which, planted by a river,
Is lush and green: its leaves will never wither,
And it in season yields abundant fruit.
So they will thrive, whatever their pursuit.

3. Not so the wicked! For like chaff are they –
Like worthless chaff. The wind blows it away.
When judgment comes, they’ll stand condemned and humbled,
Cast out from where the righteous are assembled.
The LORD will guard the pathway of the just;
The way of sinners leads to death and dust.

© 1980/2007, William Helder