Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#386

386. The man is ever blessed

1 That man is ever blest
Who shuns the sinner' ways;
Amongst their councils never stands,
Nor takes a scorner's place:

2 But makes the law of God
Hid 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 heavenly 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 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 blessed
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Third Sunday in Lent; Fifth Sunday after Easter; Seventh Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate Tune: ST. THOMAS, #381

Tune Information

• Name: BOYLE
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury (1841)
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Incipit: 13116 51251 43253
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.