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Let me but hear my Savior say Hymn 15

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 15, under 2 Corinthians 12:7, 9, 10.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 15

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 5 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

2 Corinthians 12:7, 9, 10 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 5 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

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STANZA I

Let me but hear my Savior say

Let me but hear my Savior say,

"Strength shall be equal to thy day,"

Then I rejoice in deep distress,

Leaning on all-sufficient grace.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under 2 Corinthians 12:7, 9, 10. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

7or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. 10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7, 9, 10 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 2 CORINTHIANS 12

I glory in infirmity, That Christ's own power may rest on me: When I am weak, then am I strong, Grace is my shield, and Christ my song. STANZA II

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 15. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 15 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Let me but hear my Savior say

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