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From all that dwell below the skies

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 117, 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. 2

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 2 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

1,334 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 2 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

1 echoes in 8 lines.

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 117, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples! 2For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah! PSALM 117 · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 117

From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise! Let the Redeemer's name be sung Thro' every land, by every tongue. 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 2. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 2 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN From all that dwell below the skies

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 21 passages in 7 books. 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.

Genesis 1

2 Samuel 1

Ezra 1

Job 1

Psalms 14

Malachi 1

1 Peter 2

PSALM 117 · THE WHOLE CHAPTERECHOED IN STANZA II

1Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples! 2For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!

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

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