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Come, my soul, thy suit prepare Ask what I shall give thee

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 31, under 1 Kings 3:5.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 31

METRE

7.7.7.7 7 stanzas

IN HYMNALS

740 listed at Hymnary.org

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

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STANZA I

Come, my soul, thy suit prepare

Come, my soul, thy suit prepare,

Jesus loves to answer prayer,

He himself has bid thee pray,

Therefore will not say thee nay.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under 1 Kings 3:5. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” 1 KINGS 3:5 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 1 KINGS 3

Come, my soul, thy suit prepare, Jesus loves to answer prayer, He himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not say thee nay. 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 31. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 31 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Come, my soul, thy suit prepare

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 5 passages in 5 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.

1 Kings 1

Nehemiah 1

Esther 1

Ephesians 1

Hebrews 1

1 KINGS 3:5

5One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

a passage hymnals tie it to one its lines echo (0)

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