Praise for Temporal Blessings; or, Common and Special Mercies

Representative Text

We bless you, Lord, the just, the good;
you fill our hearts with heavenly food;
you pour your blessings from the skies,
and give to each your rich supplies.

You send the sun its circuit round,
to cheer the fruits, to warm the ground;
you bid the clouds, with plenteous rain,
refresh the thirsty earth again.

You break the captive’s heavy chain,
and prisoners see your light again.
In you the poor and helpless find
a judge that’s just, a Father kind.

We'll praise your name! Your saints of grace
sing songs of joy before your face.
You are our God, by you we're blessed,
you our defense, our joy, our rest.


Source: In Melody and Songs: hymns from the Psalm versions of Isaac Watts #29

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: We bless the Lord, the just, the good
Title: Praise for Temporal Blessings; or, Common and Special Mercies
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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LESLIE (Hicks)


RETREAT (Hastings)


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Instances

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #169

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #544

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #169

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #169

Asaph #d320

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Church Choral-Book #61

Church Hymn Book . 3rd ed. #d565

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Church Hymn Book #P.LXVIII.III

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1114

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Church Psalmody #58

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Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #295

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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.) #126a

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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.) #118a

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #126a

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #118a

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

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Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #145b

Evangelical Musick #d105

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Evangelical Musick #112

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Evangelical Musick #113

Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d276

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Hymns for Elementary Schools #33

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Hymns for Family Worship, with Prayers for Every Day in the Week (2nd ed.) #61

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Hymns for Schools #231

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In Melody and Songs #29

Melodies of the Church #d1067

Parish Psalmody #d884

Parish Psalmody #d900

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d868

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d897

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d1080

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.146

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #P68.3

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #P68.4

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Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America #136

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Psalms #68c

Sacred poetry #d511

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Sacred Poetry #aLXVIIIc

Sacred Poetry #d509

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Sacred Poetry #LXVIIIc

Seamen's Devotional Assistant and Mariners' Hymns (American Seamen's Friend Society) #d540

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d312

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d448

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The Baptist Hymn Book #76

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The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #681

The Christian Psalter #d611

The Church Hymn Book #d1074

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The Columbian Repository #155

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The Cyber Hymnal #7187

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The Musical Olio #31

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #78

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The Psalms and Hymns #P68c

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The Psalms of David #LXVIIIc

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The Psalms of David #P68c

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The Psalms of David #119a

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #68c

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #75

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