Setting
Praise God! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD
Free Church of Scotland psalter · 10 10 10 10
The words
Praise God! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD And finds delight in following his word. His children will be mighty in the land; His line will know the blessing of God’s hand.
Riches and wealth within his house are found; His righteousness for ever will abound. The man who stands for mercy, truth and right Will find the darkness turn to morning light.
Good is the man who gives and freely lends; To his affairs with justice he attends. Surely a righteous man will stand secure; His memory for ever will endure.
Though bad news comes, he will not be afraid; His heart is firm; he trusts the LORD for aid. He will not be alarmed, his heart holds fast; He’ll view his foes in triumph at the last.
He freely shares his riches with the poor; His righteousness for ever will endure. The LORD himself exalts his servant’s name; He gives him strength and dignity and fame.
The wicked, seeing this, will feel dismay; He’ll gnash his teeth and soon will waste away. The wicked and their dreams will come to nought; They never will enjoy what they have sought.
Source & provenance
Free Church of Scotland psalter · psalter
An unedited transcription of the Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003) edition.
Full provenance & rights
- Base edition
- Sing Psalms (Free Church of Scotland, 2003)
- Editor
- Psalmody Committee of the Free Church of Scotland
- Editing
- unedited transcription
Rights
- Copyright
- rights-verified (display held); FCS terms recorded 2026-10-08 — verbatim text in a notated setting with independent tune MIDI is within terms (text free, FCS attribution displayed); copy/print/offline not granted; no audio derivatives
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- Display
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Tunes it can be sung to
2 tunes
Chilton Foliat (10 10 10 10)
curated well-matched10.10.10.10
Elrig
curated well-matched10.10.10.10
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