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My God, permit me not to be Retirement and meditation

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 122.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 122

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 4 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

The hymn

The words as Watts printed them, 16 lines.

The passage it draws on most

Its book prints no verse above this hymn. Of the verses its lines share most wording with, this is the one the whole hymn draws on, chosen by an AI model from those the word matching found. Not the author's own heading.

Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD. HAGGAI 1:12 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “Composed on divine subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 181 hymns. This is number 122. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 122 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN My God, permit me not to be

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