Verse 1
Join all the names of love and power
That ever men or angels bore;
All are too mean to speak his worth,
Or set Immanuel’s glory forth.
Verse 2
But O what condescending ways
He takes to teach his heavenly grace!
My eyes with joy and wonder see
What forms of love he bears for me.
Verse 3
[The “Angel of the covenant” stands
With his commission in his hands,
Sent from his Father’s milder throne,
To make the great Salvation known.]
Verse 4
Great Prophet let me bless thy Name;
By thee the joyful tidings came,
Of wrath appeas’d, of sins forgiven,
Of hell subdu’d, and peace with heaven.]
Verse 5
[My bright Example, and my Guide,
I would be walking near thy side;
O let me never run astray,
Nor follow the forbidden way!]
Verse 6
[I love my Shepherd, he shall keep
My wandering soul among his sheep:
He feeds his flock, he calls their names,
And in his bosom bears the lambs.]
Verse 7
[My surety undertakes my cause,
Answering his Father’s broken laws;
Behold my soul at freedom set;
My surety paid the dreadful debt.]
Verse 8
[Jesus, my great High Priest has dy’d,
I seek no sacrifice beside;
His blood did once for all atone,
And now it pleads before the throne.]
Verse 9
[My advocate appears on high,
The Father lays his thunder by;
Not all that earth or hell can say,
Shall turn my Father’s heart away.]
Verse 10
[My Lord, my Conqu’ror and my King,
Thy sceptre and thy sword I sing;
Thine is the victory, and I sit
A joyful subject at thy feet.]
Verse 11
[Aspire my soul, to glorious deeds,
The “Captain of salvation” leads;
March on, nor fear to win the day,
Tho’ death and hell obstruct the way.
Verse 12
Should death and hell, and powers unknown
Put all their forms of mischief on,
I shall be safe; for Christ displays
Salvation in more sovereign ways.]
Isaac Watts, “Join All the Names of Love and Power”