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William Cowper printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 44, under Isaiah 54:2.

WRITTEN BY

William Cowper 1731–1800

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 44

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Isaiah 54:2 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 stanzas as Cowper printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

Jesus, where’er thy people meet

Jesus, where’er thy people meet,

There they behold thy mercy–seat;

Where’er they seek thee thou art found,

And every place is hallowed ground.

Where Cowper found it

Cowper printed the hymn under Isaiah 54:2. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. ISAIAH 54:2 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ISAIAH 54

Behold at thy commanding word, We stretch the curtain and the cord; Come thou, and fill this wider space, And bless us with a large increase. STANZA V

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “On occasional subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 100 hymns. This is number 44. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 44 · WILLIAM COWPER · THIS HYMN Jesus, where’er thy people meet

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