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Let children hear the mighty deeds

Isaac Watts (1719) • English

Primary Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:9-10

Verse 1

Let children hear the mighty deeds which God performed of old, which in our younger years we saw and which our fathers told. He bids us make his glories known, the works of pow'r and grace, that we convey his wonders down through ev'ry rising race.

Verse 2

Our lips shall tell them to our sons, and they again to theirs, and generations yet unborn must teach them to their heirs. Thus shall they learn, in God alone their hope securely stands, that they may ne'er forget his works, but practice his commands.

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • deuteronomy 4:9-10

Reference 2

  • deuteronomy 6:4-9

Reference 3

  • deuteronomy 11:18-21

Reference 4

  • joshua 4:6-7

Reference 5

  • psalms 74

Reference 6

  • psalms 78