From all that dwell below the skies

From all that dwell below the skies. Isaac Watts* (1674-1748). This is the second of three paraphrases of the very short Psalm 117, each under the heading, ‘Praise to God from all Nations’, first printed in The Psalms of David (1719). In each version, Watts slightly developed the theme, to fill out his two stanzas of 4 lines each: From all that dwell below the SkiesLet the Creator’s Praise arise:Let the Redeemer’s Name be sungThro’ every Land, by every Tongue. Eternal are thy Mercies, Lord;Eternal Truth attends thy Word;Thy Praise shall sound from Shore to ShoreTill Suns shall rise and set no more. The original two-stanza text is given length and force by the introduction of ‘Alleluia’,...

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