ELHB Hymn 341
The man is ever blest
Isaac Watts
Hymn Text
341. The man is ever blest
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1 The man is ever blest
Who shuns the sinners' ways;
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorners' place.
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.
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 heavenly fruit.
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.
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?
Before the judgment-seat,
Where all the saints at Christ's right hand
In full assembly meet?
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #341