Lutheran Service Book ‎#705

705. The Man Is Ever Blessed

1 The man is ever blessed
Who shuns the sinners' ways,
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorners' 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 heav'nly fruit.

4 Not so the wicked 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

• First Line: The man is ever blessed
• Title: The Man Is Ever Blessed
• Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt. )
• Meter: S M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2006
• Scripture:
  Psalm 1
  ;
  Psalm 119:16
  ;
  Psalm 119:35
  ;
  Psalm 92:12-14
  ;
  Psalm 145:20
• Topic: Psalm paraphrase: Psalm 1

Tune Information

• Name: ST. MICHAEL
• Meter: S M
• Key: G Major
• Source: Trente quatre Pseaumes de David, Geneva, 1551, ed. Louis Bourgeois; The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Setting)