Praise to God, or Communion with Saints

Representative Text

To God the great, the ever blessed,
let songs of honor be addressed;
all mercy, God, comes from your hands!
I give the thanks your love demands.

Who knows the wonders of your ways?
Lord, I would sing your boundless praise!
How blest are all who love you still,
remaining faithful to your will.

O, may I see your saints rejoice,
and aid their triumphs with my voice!
This is my glory, Lord above,
to still be faithful to your love.


Source: In Melody and Songs: hymns from the Psalm versions of Isaac Watts #63

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: To God, the great, the ever-blest
Title: Praise to God, or Communion with Saints
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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TRURO (Williams)

TRURO is an anonymous tune, first published in Thomas Williams's Psalmodia Evangelica, (second vol., 1789) as a setting for Isaac Watts' "Now to the Lord a noble song." Virtually nothing is known about this eighteenth-century British editor of the two-volume Psalmodia Evangelica, a collection of thr…

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Instances

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A Choice Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #499

A Collection of Hymns and Psalms for the Use of Singing School and Musical Societies #d163

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #10

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship. 2nd ed. #d335

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #10

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #10

A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d299

A Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, from the Most Approved Authors ... of the Church of Christ #d308

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American Psalmody #123b

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American Psalmody #166a

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Carmina Sacra #83b

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d955

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Church Hymn Book #P.CVI.I

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1078

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Church Melodies #544

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #113

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Church Psalmist #P106b

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Church Psalmist #P106b

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Church Psalmist #P106b

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Church Psalmody #P106.2

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Church Psalmody #P106b

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Church Psalmody #104

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #200a

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Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #188a

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #200a

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #188a

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #CVIa

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Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #232a

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Evangelical Musick #131a

Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d334

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #14

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a1

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In Melody and Songs #63

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #P106b

Melodies of the Church #d1034

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Musica Sacra #246a

Parish Psalmody #d848

Parish Psalmody #d863

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Precious Gems No. 1 #46

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d838

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d870

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d1039

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d840

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.231

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #P106.1

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #P106.1

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Psalms and Hymns #P106b

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Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America #219

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Psalms #106a

The Christian Hymn Book #d648

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The Christian Hymn Book #727

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d649

The Christian Hymnal #d714

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The Christian Hymnal #194

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The Christian hymnal #30

The Christian Minstrel #d297

The Christian Minstrel #d343

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #P106b

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The Christian Psalmist #P106b

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The Columbian Repository #246

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The Cyber Hymnal #6570

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The Harmonia Sacra #53

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d327

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The Jubilee Harp #1

The Modern Psalmist #d335

The National Psalmist #d211

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The New Harmonia Sacra #53

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #6

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #6

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #511

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The Psalms and Hymns #P106a

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The Psalms of David #CVIa

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The Psalms of David #P106a

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The Psalms of David #192

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #106a

The Psaltery #d289

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The Standard Church Hymnal #680

The Thanksgiving #d253

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