The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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PSALM 97. v. 6–9. Second Part. (L. M.) Christ's Incarnation.
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PSALM 97. v. 6–9. Second Part. (L. M.) Christ's Incarnation.
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The Lord is come, the heavens proclaimHis birth; the nations learn his name;
An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages to their God.
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All ye bright armies of the skies,Go, worship where the Saviour lies:
Angels and kings before him bow,
Those gods on high, and gods below.
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Let idols totter to the ground,And their own worshippers confound;
But Judah shout, but Zion sing,
And earth confess her sovereign King.
This psalm foretels the incarnation of Christ. For the words of the seventh verse, worship him all ye gods, are translated, Heb. i. 6. Let all the angels of God worship him. By this divine hint I was directed to compose this Hymn, and to introduce the star that shone at his birth as a part of the proclamation of him in the heavens, verse 6. See more, notes on Psalm xcv. common metre.
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