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Thy works of glory, mighty Lord Fourth Part. C. M. The Mariner's psalm

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 107, 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. 5

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 107 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

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

Thy works of glory, mighty Lord

Thy works of glory, mighty Lord,

Thy wonders in the deeps,

The sons of courage shall record

Who trade in floating ships.

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 107, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. 2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy 3and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. 4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. … 39 more verses PSALM 107 · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 107

O that the sons of men would praise The goodness of the Lord! And those that see thy wondrous ways, Thy wondrous love record. STANZA VIII

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

NO. 5 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Thy works of glory, mighty Lord

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