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Beneath the tyrant Satan’s yoke We were PHARAOH’s bondmen

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 25, under Deuteronomy 6:20–23.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 25

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Deuteronomy 6:20–23 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 7 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

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

Beneath the tyrant Satan’s yoke

Our souls were long oppressed;

Till grace our galling fetters broke,

And gave the weary rest.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Deuteronomy 6:20–23. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

20In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?” 21then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household. 23But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers. DEUTERONOMY 6:20–23 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ DEUTERONOMY 6

Jesus, in that important hour, His mighty arm made known; He ransomed us by price, and pow’r, And claimed us for his own. STANZA II

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “On occasional subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 100 hymns. This is number 25. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 25 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Beneath the tyrant Satan’s yoke

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