Church Book ‎#375

375. The man is ever blest

1 The man is ever blest,
Who shuns the sinner's ways;
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorner's place:

2 But makes the law of God
His study and delight,
Amid 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 heavenly fruit.

4 Not so the 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 that 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 overthrow.

Text Information

• First Line: The man is ever blest
• Author: Watts (1719)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Scripture:
  Psalm 1
• Topic: The Order of Salvation: Peace and Joy; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity; Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #102 or #329

Tune Information

• Name: ST. MICHAEL
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Day's Psalter, 1588?