ELHB Hymn 309
Blest is the man, forever blest
Isaac Watts (1719)
Hymn Text
309. Blest is the man, forever blest
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1 Blest is the man, forever blest,
Whose guilt is pardoned by his God,
Whose sins with sorrow are confessed,
And covered with his Savior's blood.
Whose guilt is pardoned by his God,
Whose sins with sorrow are confessed,
And covered with his Savior's blood.
2 Blest is the man to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities;
He pleads no merit of reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.
Imputes not his iniquities;
He pleads no merit of reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.
3 From guile his heart and lips are free,
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree,
And join to prove his faith sincere.
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree,
And join to prove his faith sincere.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #309