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With reverence let the saints appear &c. Second Part The power and majesty of God; or, Reverential worship

Isaac Watts's setting of Psalm 89:7, 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

Not recorded 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 89:7 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 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

With reverence let the saints appear

And bow before the Lord,

His high commands with reverence hear,

And tremble at his word.

The psalm it sets

Watts made this hymn from Psalm 89:7, "in the language of the New Testament": a paraphrase, not a translation. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him. PSALM 89:7 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 89

With reverence let the saints appear And bow before the Lord, His high commands with reverence hear, And tremble at his word. 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 reverence let the saints appear

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