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O Lord, how many are my foes L. M A morning Psalm

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 3:1–5, 8, 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 · 4 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

1 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 4 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 3:1–5, 8, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me! 2Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head. 4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. 8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah PSALM 3:1–5, 8 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 3

O Lord, how many are my foes, In this weak state of flesh and blood! My peace they daily discompose, But my defence and hope is God. 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 O Lord, how many are my foes

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 5 passages in 3 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

Job 1

Psalms 3

PSALM 3 · THE WHOLE CHAPTERECHOED IN STANZA I, II, III, IV

1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me! 2Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah 3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head. 4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah … 4 more verses

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

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