Stanza 1. 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 2. Upheld by everlasting arms,Thou art secured from foes and harms!In vain their plots, and false their boasts!Our refuge is the Lord of Hosts.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 96. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-96
John Newton lived from 1725 to 1807. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
The CCEL transcription modernizes spelling and some punctuation. Read this hymn at the source. Checked 23 October 2026.
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