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Courage, my soul! behold the prize There the weary are at rest
John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 76, under Job 3:17.
WRITTEN BY
John Newton 1725–1807
PRINTED
1779 Olney Hymns · no. 76
METRE
Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas
WRITTEN ON
Job 3:17 the verse printed above it
The hymn, and the Scripture in it
All 6 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 Job 3:17. The line that comes closest to it is marked.
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest. JOB 3:17 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ JOB 3
The wicked cease from troubling there, The weary are at rest; Sorrow and sin, and pain and care, No more approach the blest. 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 76. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.
NO. 76 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Courage, my soul! behold the prize
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