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| Text: | How Truly Blest Are They |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Tune: | ST. MICHAEL |
1 How truly blest are they
who shun the sinners' ways,
among their counsels never stand,
nor take the scorners' place,
2 But make the law of God
their 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 their name shall live;
their works are heav'nly fruit.
4 The wicked are not so!
They no such blessing 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 God knows and he approves
the way the righteous go,
but sinners and their works shall meet
a dreadful overthrow.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | How truly blest are they |
| Title: | How Truly Blest Are They |
| Author: | Isaac Watts (alt.) |
| Meter: | SM |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Blessing; Comfort; Conflict (12 more...) |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ST. MICHAEL |
| Meter: | SM |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Source: | Trente quartre Pseaumes de David, Geneva, 1551, alt. |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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