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[With cheerful voice I sing As the 148th Psalm. The same
Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 148.
WRITTEN BY
Isaac Watts 1674–1748
PRINTED
1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 148
METRE
6.6.6.6.8.8 7 stanzas
WRITTEN ON
A subject no verse printed above it
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All 7 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.
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STANZA I
[With cheerful voice I sing
The titles of my Lord,
And borrow all the names
Of honour from his word:
Nature and art
Can ne'er supply
Sufficient forms
Of majesty.
No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.
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 148. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.
NO. 148 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN [With cheerful voice I sing
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