The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2192

2192. How Beauteous Are Their Feet

1. How beauteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion’s hill!
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

2. How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are!
Zion, behold thy Savior King;
He reigns and triumphs here.

3. How happy are our ears
That hear this joyful sound,
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found!

4. How blessèd are our eyes
That see this heav’nly light
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.

5. The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6. The Lord makes bare His arm
Through all the earth abroad;
Let every nation now behold
Their Savior and their God!

Text Information

• First Line: How beauteous are their feet
• Title: How Beauteous Are Their Feet
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707
• Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: VENICE, Will­iam Amps, Se­lect­ion of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, 1853

Tune Information

• Name: ST. MICHAEL
• Adapter: William Crotch
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois
• Meter: SM
• Incipit: 51322 35432 21176
• Key: G Major
• Source: French Ge­nev­an Psalt­er, 1551; Adapted in Psalm Tunes, 1836