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God! the eternal awful Name Praise ye him, all his angels, Psalm 148. 2

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 27, under Psalm 148:2.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 27

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 9 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 148:2 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 9 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

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

God! the eternal awful Name

That the whole heavenly army fears,

That shakes the wide creation's frame,

And Satan trembles when he hears.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Psalm 148:2. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. PSALM 148:2 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 148

[Shout to your King, you heavenly host, You that beheld the sinking foe; Firmly ye stood when they were lost; Praise the rich grace that kept you so.] STANZA VIII

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 27. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 27 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN God! the eternal awful Name

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