Author—Isaac Watts, 1674–1748 Composer—John Hatton, c. 1710–1793 Tune Name—“Duke Street” Meter—LM (88.88) Scripture Reference—Psalm 72 The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Psalm 50:1 One of the earliest hymns written with a missionary emphasis, this is another of the more than 600 hymns by Isaac Watts, often called the father of English hymnody. When this text was written in 1719, the evangelical