The Cyber Hymnal ‎#577

577. Blest Is He Who Loves God's Precepts

1. Blest is he who loves God’s precepts,
Who from sin restrains his feet,
He who will not stand with sinners,
He who shuns the scorners’ seat.

2. Blest is he who makes the statutes
Of the Lord his chief delight,
In God’s law, divinely perfect,
Meditating day and night.

3. He is like a tree well planted
By the flowing river’s side,
Ever green of leaf and fruitful:
Thus shall all his works abide.

4. Like the driven chaff the wicked
Shall be swept from off the land
With the just they shall not gather,
Nor shall in the judgment stand.

5. Well the Lord will guard the righteous,
For their way to Him is known;
But the way of evildoers
Shall by Him be overthrown.

Text Information

• First Line: Blest is he who loves God's precepts
• Title: Blest Is He Who Loves God's Precepts
• Author: Anonymous (1912)
• Meter: 87.87
• Language: English
• Source: The Psalter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912), number 2
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: REDEEMER (Emerson)
• Composer: Luther Orlando Emerson (1863)
• Meter: 87.87
• Incipit: 51321 66555 65112
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain