Analysis of Psalm 98 part 1

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



Praise for the gospel.

To our Almighty Maker, God,
New honors be addressed;
His great salvation shines abroad,
And makes the nations blest.

He spake the word to Abraham first;
His truth fulfils the grace;
The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.

Let the whole earth his love proclaim
With all her diff'rent tongues,
And spread the honors of his name
In melody and songs.


Scheme X XAXA XXXX BXBX
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 110010101 110101 11010101 010101 11011101 11101 0111111 011100 10111101 110111 01010111 010001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 394
Words 71
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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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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