Analysis of Psalm 19 part 1

Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)



The books of nature and scripture.
For a Lord's-day morning

Behold, the lofty sky
Declares its Maker God,
And all his starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.

The darkness and the light
Still keep their course the same;
While night to day, and day to night,
Divinely teach his name.

In every diff'rent land
Their general voice is known;
They show the wonders of his hand,
And orders of his throne.

Ye British lands, rejoice,
Here he reveals his word;
We are not left to nature's voice,
To bid us know the Lord.

His statutes and commands
Are set before our eyes;
He puts his gospel in our hands,
Where our salvation lies.

His laws are just and pure,
His truth without deceit,
His promises for ever sure,
And his rewards are great.

[Not honey to the taste
Affords so much delight,
Nor gold that has the furnace passed
So much allures the sight.

While of thy works I sing,
Thy glory to proclaim,
Accept the praise, my God, my King
In my Redeemer's name.]


Scheme XA BXBX CDCD EFEF GXGX HIHI JXJX XCXC ADAD
Poetic Form
Metre 01110010 101110 010101 011101 01110111 0111001 010001 111101 11110111 010111 0100111 1100111 11010111 010111 110101 110111 11111101 111101 110001 1101101 111100101 1100101 111101 110101 11001101 010111 110101 011101 11110101 11101 111111 110101 01011111 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 933
Words 180
Sentences 10
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. more…

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