There is a house not made with hands

General information

This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, Hymn 110 of Book 1 of his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, published 1709.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Daniel Belknap — Saybrook  English SSATBBB
• Thomas Clark — There is a house not made with hands  English SATB
• Ezra Goff — Bedford  English SATB

Text and translations

English text There is a house not made with hands, Eternal and on high; And here my spirit waiting stands, Till God shall bid it fly. Shortly this prison of my clay Must be dissolved and fall; Then, O my soul! with joy obey Thy heavenly Father's call. 'Tis he, by his almighty grace, That forms thee fit for heaven; And, as an earnest of the place, Has his own Spirit given. We walk by faith of joys to come, Faith lives upon his word; But while the body is our home, We're absent from the Lord. 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace, But we had rather see; We would be absent from the flesh, And present, Lord, with thee. Death and immediate glory by Isaac Watts, based on 2 Corinthians 5:1,5-8 External links add links here