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Forest beasts, that live by prey The benighted traveller

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 33, under Psalm 104:20.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 33

METRE

7.7.7.7 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Psalm 104:20 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

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Psalm 104:20. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl. PSALM 104:20 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ PSALM 104

Forest beasts, that live by prey, Seldom show themselves by day; But when day–light is withdrawn, Then they rove and roar till dawn. STANZA I

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

NO. 33 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Forest beasts, that live by prey

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