The Blessedness of Obedience

How blest the perfect in the way

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Representative Text

1 How blessed the perfect in the way,
who from GOD's law do not depart,
who, holding fast the word of truth,
seek Him with undivided heart.

2 Yea, they are kept from paths of sin
who walk in God's appointed way;
Thy precepts Thou hast given us
that we should faithfully obey.

3 My wav'ring heart is now resolved
Thy holy statutes to fulfill;
no more shall I be brought to shame
when I regard Thy holy will.

4 Upon Thy precepts and Thy ways
my heart will meditate with awe;
Thy word shall be my chief delight,
and I will not forget Thy law.

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119A

Text Information

First Line: How blest the perfect in the way
Title: The Blessedness of Obedience
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

HUMILITY (Tuckerman)


APPLETON


ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

Edward Miller (b. Norwich, England, 1735; d. Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1807) adapted ROCKINGHAM from an earlier tune, TUNEBRIDGE, which had been published in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature (c. 1780). ROCKINGHAM has long associations in Great Britain and North Amer…

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119A

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