O happy is the man who hears
Author: Michael Bruce
Composer: Joseph J. Daynes
Languages (5)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- English: O happy is the man who hears
- French: Oh ! heureux l’homme qui entend / E ao to’na tei farii I te a’oraa
- French (French Polynesia): Oh ! heureux l’homme qui entend / E ao to’na tei farii I te a’oraa
- French (Haiti): Oh ! heureux l’homme qui entend
- Tahitian: Oh ! heureux l’homme qui entend / E ao to’na tei farii I te a’oraa
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Most common tunes for “O happy is the man who hears”
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Appearances of “O happy is the man who hears” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1840 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1851), no. 23.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. O happy is the man who hears Instruction’s warning voice! And who celestial wisdom makes His early, only choice!
2. For she has treasures greater far Than east or west unfold; And her rewards more precious are Than all her stores of gold.
3. In her right hand she holds to view, A length of happy days; And wealth, with splendid honors joined, Are what her left displays.
4. She guides the young with innocence In pleasure’s path to tread; A crown of glory she bestows Upon the hoary head.
5. According as her labors rise, So her rewards increase; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.