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[Come let us lift our voices high The triumphal feast for Christ's victory over sin, and death, and hell

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book III, no. 21.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 21

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 12 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 12 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

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.

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. JOHN 6:54 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “Prepared for the Lord's Supper”, holds these hymns in this order: 48 hymns. This is number 21. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 21 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN [Come let us lift our voices high

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