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When Isr'el, freed from Pharaoh's hand Psalm 114

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 114, printed in 1719 in The Psalms of David Imitated, where he set the psalms "in the language of the New Testament".

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1719 The Psalms of David Imitated · no. 114

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 114 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

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 114, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, 2Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. 3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; 4the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. … 4 more verses PSALM 114 · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 114

Let every mountain, every flood, Retire and know th' approaching God, The King of Isr'el: see him here; Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear. STANZA V

Its place in the book

Watts's psalms run from Psalm 1 to Psalm 150, several settings to many psalms: 367 hymns. This is number 114. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 114 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN When Isr'el, freed from Pharaoh's hand

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