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Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 147:7–9, 13–18, 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. 3

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 147:7–9, 13–18 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

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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.

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STANZA I

With songs and honours sounding loud

Address the Lord on high;

Over the heavens he spreads his cloud,

And waters veil the sky.

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 147:7–9, 13–18, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God, 8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills. 9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call. 13For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you. 14He makes peace at your borders; He fills you with the finest wheat. 15He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly. 16He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes; 17He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast? 18He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow. PSALM 147:7–9, 13–18 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 147

With songs and honours sounding loud Address the Lord on high; Over the heavens he spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. 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 3. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 3 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN With songs and honours sounding loud

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