Glory to God ‎#208

208. O Blest Are They Who in Their Love (Psalm 41)

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Text Information

• First Line: O blest are they who in their love
• Title: O Blest Are They Who in Their Love (Psalm 41)
• Author: Michael Morgan (1995)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 41
• Topic: Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday; Christian Year: Good Friday; Compassion; Grace; Jesus Christ: Passion and Death; Lament; Mercy
• Copyright: © 2010 Michael Morgan (admin. Congregational Ministries Publishing, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
• ONE LICENSE: 99166

Tune Information

• Name: GUILSBOROUGH
• Composer: Thurlow Weed (2009)
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: © 2009 Thurlow Weed

Text Information:

This 20th-century paraphrase follows the structure of Psalm 41 by devoting the first stanza to a general statement about God’s favor bestowed on those who are merciful to the poor. The remaining stanzas provide the details of a first-person testimony to this general principle.