Text: | The Man Is Ever Blessed |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | ABERYSTWYTH |
Composer: | Frederick A. Gore Ouseley |
1 The man is ever blessed,
Who shuns the sinners' ways;
Amongst their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorners' place.
2 But makes the Law of God
His study and delight
Amidst the labors of the day
And watches of the night.
3 He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near the root:
Fresh as the leaf His name shall live,
His works are heav'nly fruit.
4 Not so th'ungodly race:
They no such blessings find;
Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.
5 How will they bear to stand
Before the judgment-seat,
Where all the saints at Christ's right hand
In full assembly meet?
6 He knows and He approves
The way the righteous go;
But sinners and their works shall meet
A dreadful overflow.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The man is ever blessed |
Title: | The Man Is Ever Blessed |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Meter: | S. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Consecration |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ABERYSTWYTH |
Composer: | Frederick A. Gore Ouseley |
Meter: | S. M. |
Key: | A Major |