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Christ in Song 160

A New Song

Words: F. M. L.Music: E. E. Hewitt

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1O sing un - to the Lord a new song; sing un - to the Lord; Sing un - to the Lord, all ye lands, with joy, praise the Lord; Make a joy - ful noise un - to the Lord, all ye earth; and re - joice and sing ... praise.

2With harp and with voice of mel - o - dy un - to our God, Sing un - to the Lord; and bless be our God, Let the sea roar, and the ful - ness there - of; the world, and they that dwell there - in.

3Sing un - to the Lord, and bless be our God, with thank - ful - ness and joy; Let the floods clap their hands to - ge - ther, and let the hills be joy - ful; sing in the pres - ence of the Lord; our God shall make us free.

Words
F. M. L.
Scripture
Psalm 98

The verse

Meter
45
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

O sing un - to the Lord a new song; sing un - to the Lord; Sing un - to the Lord, all ye lands, with joy, praise the Lord; Make a joy - ful noise un - to the Lord, all ye earth; and re - joice and sing ... praise.˘//˘˘/˘////˘˘///˘˘////˘//˘//˘/˘//˘˘////˘˘/˘//45A

Verse 2

With harp and with voice of mel - o - dy un - to our God, Sing un - to the Lord; and bless be our God, Let the sea roar, and the ful - ness there - of; the world, and they that dwell there - in.˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘˘??//˘/˘˘˘/˘/43A

Verse 3

Sing un - to the Lord, and bless be our God, with thank - ful - ness and joy; Let the floods clap their hands to - ge - ther, and let the hills be joy - ful; sing in the pres - ence of the Lord; our God shall make us free.//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/48A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.