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[Come, we that love the Lord Heavenly joy on earth

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book II, no. 30.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 30

METRE

Short Metre 6.6.8.6 · 10 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

1,980 listed at Hymnary.org

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 10 stanzas as Watts 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

[Come, we that love the Lord

[Come, we that love the Lord,

And let our joys be known;

Join in a song with sweet accord,

And thus surround the throne.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “Composed on divine subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 181 hymns. This is number 30. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 30 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN [Come, we that love the Lord

Where hymnals place it

Printed hymnals list, for each hymn, the Bible passages it goes with, so a church can choose a hymn for the day's reading. Gathered from the hymnals Hymnary.org catalogues, editors have tied this hymn to 25 passages in 8 books. One square is one passage; a ringed square is one the hymn's own lines echo. Point at a square to read it; click to open it beside the page.

Nehemiah 1

Psalms 10

Jeremiah 1

2 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

1 John 1

Revelation 8

REVELATION 21:21ECHOED IN STANZA IX

21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (2)

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