Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme

No. 76
Words Isaac Watts.
Singing key B♭ major
5 stanzas

Sung to ZERAH (hymn 70)

Words

Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme,And speak some wondrous thing—The mighty works or mightier nameOf our eternal King.

Tell of his wondrous faithfulness,And sound his praise abroad;Sing the sweet promise of his grace,And the performing God.

His every word of grace is strongAs that which built the skies;The voice that rolls the stars alongSpeaks all these promises.

Let every tongue his goodness speak,The sovereign Lord of all;Whose gracious hands uphold the weak,And raise the poor that fall.

O, might I hear that heavenly tongueBut whisper, "Thou art mine,"Those gentle words should raise my songTo notes almost divine.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «76», reference line «120, 70, 395.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 120, 70 or 395); five stanzas in the right column of p. 28 below hymn 75, «Isaac Watts.» in italics at the end. The first word «BEGIN» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («abroad ;», «skies ;»); it is closed up here. Straight quotation marks are used for the printed quotes in stanza 5. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6).