A New Version of the Psalms of David ‎#237

237. Hallelujah

1 That Man is blest who stands in awe
Of God, and loves his sacred Law:
2 His Seed on Earth shall be renown'd,
And with successive Honours crown'd.
3 His House, the Seat of Wealth, shall be
An inexhausted Treasury;
His Justice free from all Decay,
Shall Blessings to his Heirs coney.

4 The Soul that's fill'd with Virtue's Light,
Shines brightest in Affliction's Night:
to pity the distress'd inclin'd,
As well as just to all Mankind.
5 His lib'ral Favours he extends,
To some he gives, to others lends;
A generous Pity fills his Mind:
Yet what his Charity impairs,
He saves by Prudence in Affairs.

6 Beset with threatning Dangers round,
Unmov'd shall he maintain his Ground:
The sweet Remembrance of the Just
Shall flourish when he sleeps in Dust.
7 Ill Tidings never can surprize
His Heart, that fix'd on God relies:
8 On Safety's Rock he sits, and sees
The Shipwreck of his Enemies.

9 His Hands, while they his Alms bestow'd,
His Glory's future Harvest sow'd,
Whence he shall reap Wealth Fame, Renown,
A temp'ral and eternal Crown.
10 The Wicked shall his Triumph see,
And gnash their Teeth in Agony;
While their unrighteous Hopes decay,
And vanish with themselves away.

The sweet Remembrance of the Just,
Like a green Root, revives and bears
A Train of Blessings for his Heirs,
When dying Nature sleeps in Dust.

Text Information

• First Line: That Man is blest who stands in awe
• Title: Hallelujah
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1754
• Scripture:
  Psalm 112
• Notes: Public Domain.

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