The Lord Jehovah reigns
The Lord Jehovah reigns. Isaac Watts* (1674-1748).
First printed in the Second Edition of Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1709), Book II, ‘Compos’d on Divine Subjects’, this is the last of four hymns under the heading, ‘The Divine Perfections’. It was composed in what Watts called ‘Peculiar Metre’, a variant of the flowing 6.6.6.6.44.44. metre of the 148th psalm:
The Lord Jehovah reigns,His Throne is built on high;The Garments He assumesAre Light and Majesty; His Glories shine With Beams so bright No mortal Eye Can bear the Sight.
The Thunders of his HandKeep the wide World in awe;His Wrath and Justice standTo guard his holy Law: And where his Love Resolves to bless His...
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