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I lift my banner, saith the Lord Hymn 29

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 29, under Isaiah 63:4–7.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 29

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Isaiah 63:4–7 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

"I lift my banner," saith the Lord

"I lift my banner," saith the Lord,

"Where Antichrist has stood;

The city of my gospel foes

Shall be a field of blood.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Isaiah 63:4–7. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come. 5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me. 6I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.” 7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion. ISAIAH 63:4–7 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ISAIAH 63

"My heart has studied just revenge, And now the day appears; The day of my redeemed is come To wipe away their tears. 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 29. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 29 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN I lift my banner, saith the Lord

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