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Come let us join our cheerful songs Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, worshipped by all the creation, Rev. 5. 11 12 13

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 62, under Revelation 5:11–13.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 62

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 5 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Revelation 5:11–13 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.

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 Revelation 5:11–13. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands. 12In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” 13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!” REVELATION 5:11–13 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ REVELATION 5

Come let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 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 62. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 62 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Come let us join our cheerful songs

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