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Christ in Song 25

Blessed Are They That Do

Words: F. E. B.Music: F. E. Belden

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1"For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."—Rom. 2: 13. Not for the hear - ers who may hear his voice But for the do - ers of the word; Hearing them, praising them; But in vain we hear his com-mand-ments all in vain his prom-is - es, too; Hear-ing them, praising them; They who joy may ov - er it No; I say from his own established, So still them, from the pit.

RefrainBless - ed are they, bless-ed are they, Bless-ed are they that do his com-mand-ments, bless-ed are they.

2Hear and re-mem-ber, Bless-ed are the do - ers of the word and not sim - ply hear - ers. But who have be - guarded, Bless - ed, O bless-ed are they that do; Bless-ed are they that do his commandments, That they may have the right to the tree of life.

Words
F. E. B.
Scripture
Rom. 2:13

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The verse

Meter
95
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

"For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified."—Rom. 2: 13. Not for the hear - ers who may hear his voice But for the do - ers of the word; Hearing them, praising them; But in vain we hear his com-mand-ments all in vain his prom-is - es, too; Hear-ing them, praising them; They who joy may ov - er it No; I say from his own established, So still them, from the pit.˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/95A

Verse 2

Hear and re-mem-ber, Bless-ed are the do - ers of the word and not sim - ply hear - ers. But who have be - guarded, Bless - ed, O bless-ed are they that do; Bless-ed are they that do his commandments, That they may have the right to the tree of life./˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘???/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/52A

Refrain

Bless - ed are they, bless-ed are they, Bless-ed are they that do his com-mand-ments, bless-ed are they./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘18A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.