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Now to the great and sacred Three Doxology 5

Isaac Watts printed it in 1719 in The Psalms of David Imitated, no. Doxology 5.

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Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1719 The Psalms of David Imitated · no. Doxology 5

METRE

8.8.8.8.8.8 1 stanza

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

The hymn as Watts printed it, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

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1 echoes in 6 lines.

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Watts's psalms run from Psalm 1 to Psalm 150, several settings to many psalms: 367 hymns. This is number Doxology 5. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. DOXOLOGY 5 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Now to the great and sacred Three

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