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I sing th’ almighty power of God Praise for Creation and Providence

Isaac Watts printed it in 1715 in Divine Songs for Children, Divine Songs, no. 2.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1715 Divine Songs for Children · no. 2

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

513 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 8 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

I sing th’ almighty power of God

I sing th’ almighty power of God,

That made the mountains rise,

That spread the flowing seas abroad,

And built the lofty skies.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

The passage it draws on most

Its book prints no verse above this hymn. Of the verses its lines share most wording with, this is the one the whole hymn draws on, chosen by an AI model from those the word matching found. Not the author's own heading.

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well. GENESIS 1:16 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE

Its place in the book

Divine Songs holds these hymns in this order: 36 hymns. This is number 2. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 2 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN I sing th’ almighty power of God

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 30 passages in 6 books. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Genesis 14

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 11

Jeremiah 1

James 1

GENESIS 1 · THE WHOLE CHAPTERECHOED IN STANZA II

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. … 27 more verses

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (5)

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