Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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486 Beneficence

Words: Tate and Brady, 1696

Music: William Billings, 1786

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

That man is blest 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,
Shall blessings to his heirs convey.