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With joy we meditate the grace Hymn 125

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 125, under Hebrews 4:15–16, 7, 20.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 125

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Hebrews 4:15–16, 7, 20 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 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

With joy we meditate the grace

Of our High Priest above;

His heart is made of tenderness,

His bowels melt with love.

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

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Hebrews 4:15–16, 7, 20. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. HEBREWS 4:15–16, 7, 20 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ HEBREWS 4

He in the days of feeble flesh Poured out his cries and tears, And in his measure feels afresh What every member bears. STANZA IV

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 125. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 125 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN With joy we meditate the grace

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