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To thee our wants are known

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 103, under Revelation 22:20.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 103

METRE

6.6.6.6.7.7 2 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Revelation 22:20 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 2 stanzas as Newton 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

2 echoes in 12 lines.

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

To thee our wants are known

To thee our wants are known,

From thee are all our pow’rs;

Accept what is thine own,

And pardon what is ours:

Praises, LORD, and prayers receive,

To thy word a blessing give.

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

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Revelation 22:20. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! REVELATION 22:20 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ REVELATION 22

Oh, grant that each of us Now met before thee here, May meet together thus, When thou and thine appear And follow thee to heav’n our home, Even so, amen, LORD JESUS, come! STANZA II

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 103. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 103 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN To thee our wants are known

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