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Not from the dust affliction grows Afflictions and death under providence, Job 5. 6 7 8

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 83, under Job 5:6–8.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 83

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 4 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Job 5:6–8 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 4 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 Job 5:6–8. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. 7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. 8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him— JOB 5:6–8 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ JOB 5

Not from the dust affliction grows, Nor troubles rise by chance; Yet we are born to care and woes, A sad inheritance. 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 83. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 83 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Not from the dust affliction grows

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