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486 Beneficence

Tune: William Billings, 1786

Words: New Version, 1696

Meter: Long Meter Double (8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8)

That man is blessed who stands in awe
Of God and loves His sacred law.
His seed on earth shall be renowned
And with successive honors crowned.
His house a seat of wealth shall be,
An unexhausted treasury,
His justice free from all decay,
His blessings to His heirs convey.

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