82. Blessed Is the Man

1. Blessed is the man that walketh
Not in godless counsels e’er,
Who no evil thinketh, talketh,
Nor doth ways of sinners share;
Who the scoffers’ band forgoes
And his heart to wisdom draws.

2. He doth find abiding pleasure
In Jehovah’s perfect law;
Day and night upon its treasure
He doth meditate with awe,
For to him Jehovah’s Word
Strength and comfort doth afford!

3. He is like a tree deep-rooted
By the flowing river’s side,
That in season is well fruited
And whose leaves are never dried,
Where the glowing sun and heat
Ripen fruit as it is meet.

4. Lo, his faith is deeply grounded
In the blessed Word of God,
That reveals God’s grace unbounded,
And whence love is sown abroad;
On it all his hopes depend
For a life that shall not end.

5. Not so are the scoffers jeering
Who to folly condescend;
They, when ills make their appearing,
Are like chaff before the wind,
Or like grass that, newly mown,
Quickly withers in the sun.

6. Therefore in the final judgment,
Wicked men shall meet their fate;
Hypocrites shall find no lodgment
Where the righteous congregate.
God will help the just prevail,
But the sinners’ way shall fail!