Hymn
'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand
'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand,
God of eternal power!
The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to roar.
Thy morning light and evening shade
Successive comforts bring;
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad;
Thy flowers adorn the spring.
Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
Heaven, earth, and air are thine;
When clouds distill in fruitful showers,
The author is divine!
Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne by the winds around,
With watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.
The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;
Thy ways abound with blessings still--
Thy goodness crowns the year.
'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand — Text from The Voice of Praise, 1873. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/tis-by-thy-strength-the-mountains-stand
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand?
The words of 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1873. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including Christian Love and Submission to Afflictive Providences.
Is 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand public domain?
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What is the metre of 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand?
'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Excellency of Scripture, As Pants the Hart and Let every tongue thy goodness speak.