My God, my King, thy various praise
My God, my King, thy various praise. Isaac Watts* (1674-1748).
Watts made two versions of Psalm 145 for The Psalms of David (1719). This is the first, in Long Metre, entitled ‘The Greatness of God’ (the second is in three parts, in Common Metre). This version paraphrases only part of the psalm: a note says: ‘The verses are paraphrased thus: 1, 2, 7, 8, 5, 6, 4, 3.’ It appeared, with editorial changes, in the Baptist Psalms and Hymns (1858) and the New Congregational Hymn Book (1859), which gave it the title ‘British Christians invited to Praise’, from stanzaz 4 lines 3-4. Watts’s title was ‘The Greatness of God’:
My God, my King, thy various praiseShall fill the remnant of my days,Thy grace...
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