Christ in Song 257
Praise Ye Jehovah's Name
Words: Wm. CowperMusic: Henley Casey
1Praise ye Je-ho-vah's name, Praise through His courts His fame;
Strike up, and praise His name, From all be-low.
2Praise pre-cious, Him and glo-ry, Sing of His tri-umph sto-ry,
Ex-alt His sac-red name, From all be-low.
3Heav'n's ar-chway, Sound His great song of love,
Shine forth, ye stars a-bove, From all be-low.
4While life shall praise we pour, Visit us His mer-cy,
End - less shall be our pow'r, From all be-low.
- Words
- Wm. Cowper
- Music
- Henley Casey
The verse
- Meter
- 12.10
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 46% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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Verse 1
Praise ye Je-ho-vah's name, Praise through His courts His fame;//˘/˘///˘/˘/12A
Strike up, and praise His name, From all be-low./˘˘/˘/˘/˘/10B
Verse 2
Praise pre-cious, Him and glo-ry, Sing of His tri-umph sto-ry,//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘14A
Ex-alt His sac-red name, From all be-low.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/10B
Verse 3
Heav'n's ar-chway, Sound His great song of love,////˘//˘/9A
Shine forth, ye stars a-bove, From all be-low.////˘/˘/˘/10B
Verse 4
While life shall praise we pour, Visit us His mer-cy,//˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘12A
End - less shall be our pow'r, From all be-low./˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/11B
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.