Divine Protection

Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, Th' eternal hills beyond the skies

Author: Isaac Watts
Published in 119 hymnals

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1 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes,
Th'eternal hills beyond the skies;
Thence all her help my soul derives,
There my almighty Refuge lives.

2 He lives--the everlasting God
That built the world, that spread the flood.
The heavens with all their hosts He made,
And the dark regions of the dead.

3 He guides our feet, He guards our way;
His morning smiles bless all the day:
Our holy Guardian's wakeful eyes
Admit no slumber, nor surprise.

4 Should earth and hell with malice burn,
Still thou shalt go, and still return,
Safe in the Lord; His heavenly care
Defends Thy life from every snare.

Amen.

Source: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #100

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: Up to the hills I lift mine eyes, Th' eternal hills beyond the skies
Title: Divine Protection
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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ROCKINGHAM (Mason)


QUEBEC (Baker)

Henry Baker (b. Nuneham, Oxfordshire, England, 1835; d. Wimbledon, England, 1910; not to be confused with Henry W. Baker) was educated as a civil engineer at Winchester and Cooper's Hill and was active in railroad building in India. In 1867 he completed a music degree at Exeter College, Oxford, Engl…

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A Collection of Hymns #362

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #173

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #173

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #173

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #173

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #173

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #173

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #174

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #144

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #108

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #151

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #151

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American Psalmody #209b

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #70

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #100

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Book of Worship #70

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Church Harmonies #256

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1104

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Church music #XLV

Congregational Church Music; with 150 Psalms and Hymns from the Collection of the General Association of Connecticut #d130

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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.) #237b

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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.) #223

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #237b

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Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #223

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

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Dr. Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #278

Evangelical Musick #d101

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Evangelical Musick #120

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #192

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #601

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a601

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #527

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #527

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #74

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #74

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #321

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Hymnal #321

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Hymnal #321

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #470

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #470

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #118

Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d393

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #P49

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (8th ed.) #P49

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 1st Canadian ed. #d302

Hymns and Tunes for Home Worship #d231

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d465

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Hymns for Christian Melody #584

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Hymns for Church and Home #344

Hymns for Conference Meetings and Private Devotions #d136

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Hymns for Family Worship, with Prayers for Every Day in the Week (2nd ed.) #68

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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #45

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d222

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #135

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Hymns of the Church Universal #30

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d268

Melodies of the Church #d1059

Musica Sacra; or Springfield and Utica Collections United #d159

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Musica Sacra #71

Parish Psalmody #d871

Parish Psalmody #d887

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Plymouth Collection #a174

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #174

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Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #P121a

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d859

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d890

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d1071

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d860

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #Ps.283

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #P121.1

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #P121.1

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Psalms, carefully suited to the Christian worship in the United States of America #261

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Psalms #121a

Schools Lyrics #d244

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d307

Songs for the New Life #d684

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #174

The Book of Praise #d394

The Book of Praise #d840

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d388

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d380

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The Christian Hymn Book #726

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The Christian Hymnal, Hymns with Tunes for the Services of the Church #132

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #P121a

The Christian Psalter #d605

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #321

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The Churchman's Treasury of Song #134

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #44

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The College Hymnal #46

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The Columbian Repository #300

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The Cyber Hymnal #12164

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The Hymnal #321

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The Palm #129b

The Plymouth Hymnal #d566

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The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes #82

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