410 Triumph. L.M.

(819) Psalm 41.

Blest is the man whose heart doth move,

And melt with pity to the poor;

Whose soul, by sympathizing love,

Feels what his fellow-saints endure.

2 His heart contrives, for their relief,

More good than his own hands can do;

He, in the time of general grief,

Shall find the Lord has pity too.

3 His soul shall live secure on earth,

With secret blessings on his head,

When drought, and pestilence, and dearth

Around him multiply their dead.

4 Or, if he languish on his couch,

God will pronounce his sins forgiven,

Will save him with a healing touch,

Or take his willing soul to heaven.

Isaac Watts. 1719.