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Behold the potter and the clay Election sovereign and free, Rom. 9. 21 22 23 20

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 117, under Romans 9:20–23.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 117

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Romans 9:20–23 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 8 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

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Romans 9:20–23. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?” 21Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? 22What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction? 23What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory— ROMANS 9:20–23 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ROMANS 9

Behold the potter and the clay, He forms his vessels as he please: Such is our God, and such are we, The subjects of his high decrees. 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 117. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 117 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Behold the potter and the clay

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