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When we are raised from deep distress Hymn 55

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 55, under Isaiah 38:9.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 55

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Isaiah 38:9 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

When we are raised from deep distress

When we are raised from deep distress,

Our God deserves a song;

We take the pattern of our praise

From Hezekiah's tongue.

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 Isaiah 38:9. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: ISAIAH 38:9 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ISAIAH 38

When we are raised from deep distress, Our God deserves a song; We take the pattern of our praise From Hezekiah's tongue. STANZA I

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

NO. 55 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN When we are raised from deep distress

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