Summer and Winter

Let Zion praise the mighty God

Author: Isaac Watts
Tune: ROTHWELL (Tans'ur)
Published in 39 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Let Zion praise the mighty God,
And make His honors known abroad;
O sweet the joy our songs to raise,
And glorious is the work of praise.

2 Our children live secure and blest;
Our shores have peace, our cities rest;
He feeds our sons with finest wheat,
And adds His blessings to their meat.

3 Through all our coasts His laws are shown,
His Gospel truths made plainly known,
By the pure teachings of the Word,
In Zion's courts; Praise ye the Lord!

Source: Evangelical Lutheran hymnal: with music #158

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: Let Zion praise the mighty God
Title: Summer and Winter
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #681

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Church Choral-Book #47

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Church Hymn Book #P.CXLVII.II

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d582

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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.) #277

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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.) #260

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #277

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #260

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

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Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #324

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal #158

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Evangelical Lutheran hymnal #158

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. 9th ed. #a158

Melodies of the Church #d551

Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns #d79

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d438

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.333

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #P147.2

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Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America #304

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Psalms #147b

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The Columbian Repository #355

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d352

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #825

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #825

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #584

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The Psalms and Hymns #P147b

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The Psalms of David #CXLVIIb

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The Psalms of David #P147b

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The Psalms of David #271

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #147b

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The Reformed Church Hymnal #328

The Sunday School Hymnal #d113

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