LYRICS | Meter: | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Writer(s): | Isaac Watts | Transl/Adapt: | | Dates: | 1719 | Bible Refs: | Ps 1:1 | Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts - Psalms | | 1
| MUSIC | Name: | ST. MICHAEL (OLD 134TH) | | Meter: | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Writer(s): | Louis Bourgeois & William Crotch | Dates: | 1551,1836 |  Baptist Hymn Book | 363 | A
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg | 691 | A
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg | 882 | A
| Believers Hymn Book | 18 | A
| Living Praise | 210 | G
| Baptist Hymnal | 16 | G
| Baptist Hymn Book | 495 | G
| Songs of Fellowship 1 | 512 | G
| Hymns of Faith | 342 | G
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns | 377 | G
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns | 594 | G
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| DENNIS | 6 6 8 6 (S.M.) | Hans Georg Nägeli & Lowell Mason | | | 1. The man is ever blest Who shuns the sinners' ways, Among their counsels never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place.
2. But makes the Law of God 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 heav'nly fruit.
4. Not so th' ungodly race, They no such blessings find; Their hopes shall flee, like empty chaff Before the driving wind.
5. How shall they bear to stand Before that judgment-seat, Where all the saints, at Christ's right hand, In full assembly meet?
6. He knows, and He approves, The way the righteous go; But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overflow.
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