616 To God the Only Wise
Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
A paraphrase of the doxology found in Jude vv. 24, 25.
For comments on Isaac Watts see Hymn 11.
MUSIC. OLD 134TH (ST. MICHAEL) is one of the greatest of short meter tunes, derived from the tune composed by L. Bourgeois for Psalm 101 in the Genevan Psalter of 1551. It has been set to a number of other psalms and hymns and appears at Hymn 128 set to “Ye servants of the Lord” by Doddridge.
For comments on Louis Bourgeois see Hymn 34.