Blest Is the Man, Forever Blest - #392 - Watts

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"Blest Is the Man, Forever Blest"
by Isaac Watts, 1674-1748

1. Blest is the man, forever blest,
Whose guilt is pardoned by his God,
Whose sins with sorrow are confessed
And covered with his Savior's blood.

2. Blest is the man to whom the Lord
Imputes not his iniquities;
He pleads no merit of reward
And not on works but grace relies.

3. From guile his heart and lips are free;
His humble joy, his holy fear,
With deep repentance well agree
And join to prove his faith sincere.

4. How glorious is that righteousness
That hides and cancels all his sins,
While bright the evidence of grace
Thro' all his life appears and shines!

Hymn #392
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Psalm 32
Author: Isaac Watts, 1719
1st Published in: Nuernbergisches Gesangbuch, 1676
Tune: "O Jesu Christ, mein's"