BOOK V

Metrical Psalms

575. That man hath perfect blessedness _Psalm I_ _Scottish Psalter_, 1650

Psalm 1. The Tree and the Chaff.

The psalm embodies a fundamental teaching of the Old Testament, namely, that true happiness is to be found only in knowing and serving God.

_MUSIC._ DUNFERMLINE is a Scottish tune of unknown origin. The name is that of a town in Scotland. It appeared as one of the twelve “Common Tunes” (tunes not attached to any particular psalms) in _The CL Psalms of David, &c._, Edinburgh, 1615. In England the tune was included in Ravencroft’s _Whole Book of Psalms_, 1621.

Note on the Scottish Psalter, 1650

The origin of the _Scottish Psalter_, 1650, which is the source of nearly all the metrical psalms in