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Our Lord, who knows full well The importunate widow See also Book 2, Hymn 60

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 106, under Luke 18:1–7.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 106

METRE

Short Metre 6.6.8.6 · 9 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Luke 18:1–7 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 9 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

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Luke 18:1–7. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: 2“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men, 5yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’” 6And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge. 7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help? LUKE 18:1–7 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ LUKE 18

Our Lord, who knows full well The heart of every saint; Invites us, by a parable, To pray and never faint. STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of Olney Hymns walks through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one hymn per passage: 141 hymns. This is number 106. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 106 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Our Lord, who knows full well

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