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![]() | Happy are they who delightAuthor: Hal H. HopsonTune: [Happy are they who delight] Published in 2 hymnals Audio files: MIDI |
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Happy are they who delight,
who delight in the law of God.
1 Praise the LORD!
Happy are those who fear the LORD,
who greatly delight in his commandments.
2 Their descendants will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches are in their houses,
and their righteousness endures forever.
4 They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright;
they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5 It is well with those who deal generously and lend,
who conduct their affairs with justice.
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6 For the righteous will never be moved;
they will be remembered forever.
7 They are not afraid of evil tidings;
their hearts are firm, secure in the LORD.
8 Their hearts are steady, they will not be afraid;
in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.
9 They have distributed freely, they have given to the
poor;
their righteousness endures forever;
their horn is exalted in honor.
10 The wicked see it and are angry;
they gnash their teeth and melt away;
the desire of the wicked comes to nothing.
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Hal H. Hopson (born 22 June 1933) is a full-time composer and church musician residing in Dallas, Texas. He has over 1000 published works, which comprise almost every musical form in church music. With a special interest in congregational song, he continues to make a significant contribution to the new repertoire of hymn tunes and responsorial psalm settings as evidenced by the proliferation of his settings that are included in newly published hymnals and psalm collections.
His cantata, God with Us, was one of the few compositions selected by a panel at the Kennedy Space Center, Washington, DC, to be placed in a capsule during the American Bicentennial in 1976. The capsule will be opened at the Tricentennial in 2076 and will be heard aga… Go to person page >| First Line: | Happy are they who delight |
| Title: | Psalm 112 |
| Author: | Hal H. Hopson |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | © 1985, Hope Publishing Co. |
| Instances (2) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Psalms for All Seasons: a complete Psalter for worship #112B | Happy are they who delight | Psalm 112 (A Responsorial Setting) | Hal H. Hopson | Hal H. Hopson | Psalm 112 | [Happy are they who delight] | F Major or modal | English | 2012 | ||||||||
| Sing! A New Creation #273 | Happy are they who delight | Psalm 112 | Hal H. Hopson, b. 1933 | Hal H. Hopson, b. 1933 | Psalm 112 | [Happy are they who delight] | F Major or modal | English | 2002 |
