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We sing the glories of thy love The song of Moses and the Lamb; or, Babylon falling, Rev. 15. 3. and chap. 16. 19. and 17. 6

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 56, under Revelation 15:3, 19, 6.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 56

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 5 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Revelation 15:3, 19, 6 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 5 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

We sing the glories of thy love

We sing the glories of thy love,

We sound thy dreadful Name;

The Christian church unites the songs

Of Moses and the Lamb.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Revelation 15:3, 19, 6. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! REVELATION 15:3, 19, 6 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ REVELATION 15

Great God, how wondrous are thy works Of vengeance and of grace! Thou King of saints, Almighty Lord, How just and true thy ways! 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 56. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 56 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN We sing the glories of thy love

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