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My soul, thy great Creator praise The glory of God in creation and providence

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 104, printed in 1719 in The Psalms of David Imitated, where he set the psalms "in the language of the New Testament".

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1719 The Psalms of David Imitated · no. 104

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 28 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

84 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 28 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 psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 104, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, 3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. 4He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants. … 31 more verses PSALM 104 · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 104

My soul, thy great Creator praise; When cloth'd in his celestial rays He in full Majesty appears, And, like a robe, his glory wears. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Watts's psalms run from Psalm 1 to Psalm 150, several settings to many psalms: 367 hymns. This is number 104. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 104 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN My soul, thy great Creator praise

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 1 passage in 1 book. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Psalms 1

PSALM 104 · THE WHOLE CHAPTERECHOED IN STANZA I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, XI, XIV, XV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXIII, XXVI, XXVII

1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent, 3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind. 4He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants. … 31 more verses

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (1)

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