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Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Second Part. Christ's kingdom among the Gentiles

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 72, 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 · 8 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

1,947 listed at Hymnary.org

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

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 72, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. 2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice. 3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness. 4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor. … 16 more verses PSALM 72 · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 72

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journies run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 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 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun

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 43 passages in 10 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.

Exodus 2

2 Samuel 1

Job 1

Psalms 31

Song of Songs 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 2

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

PSALM 72 · THE WHOLE CHAPTERECHOED IN STANZA I, II, IV, VIII

1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. 2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice. 3May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness. 4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor. … 16 more verses

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (7)

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