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Jesus, in thee our eyes behold Christ and Aaron. Taken from Heb. 7. and 9

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 145, under Hebrews 7:None, None.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 145

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Hebrews 7:None, None 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

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

Jesus, in thee our eyes behold

A thousand glories more

Than the rich gems and polish'd gold

The sons of Aaron wore.

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 Hebrews 7:None, None. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” 3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time. 4Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder. … 24 more verses HEBREWS 7:NONE, NONE · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ HEBREWS 7

They first their own burnt-offerings brought To purge themselves from sin; Thy life was pure without a spot, And all thy nature clean. 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 145. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 145 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Jesus, in thee our eyes behold

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