- C Soprano Recorder
- F Alto Recorder
- C Tenor Recorder
- F Bass Recorder
- Verse 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.
- Verse 2
- Blest is he who makes the statutes
- Of the Lord his chief delight,
- In the law of God rejoicing,
- Meditating day and night.
- Verse 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.
- Verse 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 judgement stand.
- Verse 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.
- April 16 entry for the 2022 Weekly Hymns Challenge.
- Redeemer composed 1863 by Luther Orlando Emerson (1820-1915).
- Lyrics adapted from Psalm I
- Hymn #1 in The Psalter Hymnal