Come, we that love the Lord

General information

This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, from Hymns and Spiritual Songs Hymn 30 of Book 2, published 1709, entitled Heavenly joy on earth. Meter is 66. 86 (S.M.).

Settings by composers

• Robert Boyd — Albion
• Thomas Clark — Come, we that love the Lord (Burgundy)
• Ananias Davisson — New Hope
• Oliver Holden — Concord
• Jeremiah Ingalls — Barnet
• Jeremiah Ingalls — Golden Streets
• Ronald McVey — Come, all that love the Lord
• John Newton — Come, we that love the Lord
• Oliver Shaw — Zion  

Text and translations

English text Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne. The sorrows of the mind Be banished from the place; Religion never was designed To make our pleasures less. Let those refuse to sing That never knew our God; But favorites of the heavenly King May speak their joys abroad.

The God that rules on high, And thunders when he please, That rides upon the stormy sky, And manages the seas; This aweful God is ours, Our Father and our Love; He shall send down his heavenly powers To carry us above. There we shall see his face, And never, never sin; There, from the rivers of his grace, Drink endless pleasures in.

Yes, and before we rise To that immortal state, The thoughts of such amazing bliss Should constant joys create. The men of grace have found Glory begun below; Celestial fruits on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets.

Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry; We're marching through Immanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high.

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