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My God, my portion, and my love God my only happiness, Psalm 73. 25

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 94, under Psalm 73:25.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 94

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 73:25 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 8 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 Psalm 73:25. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. PSALM 73:25 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 73

Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp in all the shore, Grant me the visits of thy face, And I desire no more. 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 94. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 94 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN My God, my portion, and my love

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