The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15771

15771. Bless'd Is The Man Whose Confidence

1 Bless’d is the man whose confidence
Is fixed on God, his strong defense;
Midst dangers he shall dwell secure,
And view eternal blessings sure.

2 Though pestilential vapors spread
Their baleful influence o’er his head,
Though noxious fumes infect the air,
Fearless he breathes, and safely there.

3 Though thick the arrows round him fly,
And thousands sicken, thousands die;
Unawed he hears expiring groans,
And God’s preserving goodness owns.

4 Or if commissioned, the disease,
Among the rest, the Christian seize;
E’en then his trembling lips rejoice,
And death but elevates his voice.

Text Information

• First Line: Bless’d is the man whose confidence
• Title: Bless'd Is The Man Whose Confidence
• Author: Benjamin Beddome, 1717-1795
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: MOZART by Wolfgang A. Mozart, OLD 100TH by Louis Bourgeois, OLIVE'S BROW by William B. Bradbury, ORWELL by Lowell Mason

Tune Information

• Name: MISSIONARY CHANT
• Composer: Heinrich Christoph Zeuner (1832)
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain