who wrote joy to the world
The lyrics for the song were written by Issac Watts and was first published in 1719 together with a collection of hymns inspired by the Psalms. âJoy to the Worldâ was inspired by Psalm 98 from the Bible and the song is based on this chapter. It was written in two parts and it is only the second part that we use today. Watts never thought that this would be used as a Christmas hymn and it wasnât for more than 100 years that it became popular.