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How wond'rous great, how glorious bright The divine glories above our reason
Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 87.
WRITTEN BY
Isaac Watts 1674–1748
PRINTED
1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 87
METRE
Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas
WRITTEN ON
A subject no verse printed above it
The hymn
The words as Watts printed them, 24 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.
For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God. PSALM 86:10 · 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 87. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.
NO. 87 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN How wond'rous great, how glorious bright
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