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Lord my soul with pleasure springs True pleasures

William Cowper printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 49, under Proverbs 3:17.

WRITTEN BY

William Cowper 1731–1800

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 49

METRE

7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 3 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Proverbs 3:17 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 3 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

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STANZA I

Lord my soul with pleasure springs

Lord my soul with pleasure springs,

When Jesus’ name I hear;

And when God the Spirit brings

The word of promise near.

Beauties too, in holiness,

Still delighted I perceive;

Nor have words that can express

The joys thy precepts give.

Where Cowper found it

Cowper printed the hymn under Proverbs 3:17. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful. PROVERBS 3:17 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PROVERBS 3

Those the comforts I possess, Which God shall still increase; All his ways are pleasantness, And all his paths are peace: Nothing JESUS did or spoke, Henceforth let me ever slight; For I love his easy yoke, And find his burden light. STANZA III

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “On the progress and changes of the spiritual life”, holds these hymns in this order: 106 hymns. This is number 49. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 49 · WILLIAM COWPER · THIS HYMN Lord my soul with pleasure springs

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