How Blest the Man Who Fears the Lord

How blest the man who fears the Lord

And great­ly loves God’s ho­ly will;

His child­ren share his great re­ward

And bless­ings all their days shall fill.

Abounding wealth shall bless his home

His right­eous­ness shall still en­dure

To him shall light arise in gloom

For he is mer­ci­ful and pure.

The man whose hand the weak be­friends

In judg­ment shall his cause main­tain;

A peace un­moved his life at­tends

And long his me­mo­ry shall re­main.

Of ev­il tid­ings not af­raid

His trust is in the Lord alone;

His heart is stead­fast

un­dis­mayed

For he shall see his foes o’er­thrown.

With kind re­mem­brance of the poor

For their dis­tress his gifts pro­vide;

His right­eous­ness shall thus en­dure

His name in hon­or shall abide.

To shame the wick­ed shall be brought

While right­eous men shall fa­vor gain;

Unrighteous hopes shall come to naught

Its due re­ward shall sin ob­tain.