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With Israel’s God who can compare?

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 96, under Deuteronomy 33:26–29.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 96

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 2 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Deuteronomy 33:26–29 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 2 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

6 echoes in 8 lines.

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

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STANZA I

With Israel’s God who can compare?

Or who, like Israel, happy are?

To people saved by the LORD,

He is thy shield and great reward.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Deuteronomy 33:26–29. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty. 27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’ 28So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew. 29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.” DEUTERONOMY 33:26–29 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ DEUTERONOMY 33

With Israel’s God who can compare? Or who, like Israel, happy are? To people saved by the LORD, He is thy shield and great reward. 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 96. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 96 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN With Israel’s God who can compare?

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