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This is the day the Lord hath made Fourth Part Hosanna; the Lord's day; or, Christ's resurrection and our salvation

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 118:24–26, 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. 4

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 5 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

621 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 5 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

This is the day the Lord hath made

This is the day the Lord hath made,

He calls the hours his own;

Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,

And praise surround the throne.

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 118:24–26, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

24This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper! 26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. PSALM 118:24–26 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 118

This is the day the Lord hath made, He calls the hours his own; Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround the throne. 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 4. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 4 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN This is the day the Lord hath made

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 9 passages in 4 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.

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Psalms 6

Zechariah 1

PSALM 118 · THE WHOLE CHAPTERECHOED IN STANZA I, IV

1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. 2Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” 3Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” 4Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” … 25 more verses

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (5)

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