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Christ in Song 263

The Rising Day

Words: Watts

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1Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high;
To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye.

2Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all his saints,
Presenting at his Father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.

3Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.

4But to thy house will I resort
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thy holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

Words
Watts
Also sung to
Franconia (SDA Hymnal #39)

The verse

Meter
8.6.8.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 57% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear/˘˘/˘///8A
My voice ascending high;˘/˘/˘/6B
To thee will I direct my prayer,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8C
To thee lift up mine eye.˘//˘//6B

Verse 2

Up to the hills where Christ is gone˘˘˘///˘/8A
To plead for all his saints,˘/˘/˘/6B
Presenting at his Father's throne˘/˘˘˘/˘/8C
Our songs and our complaints./˘/˘/˘˘/8B

Verse 3

Thou art a God before whose sight//˘/˘/˘/8A
The wicked shall not stand;˘/˘˘˘/6B
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Nor dwell at thy right hand.˘/˘///6B

Verse 4

But to thy house will I resort˘˘//˘˘˘/8A
To taste thy mercies there;˘/////6B
I will frequent thy holy court,˘˘/˘//˘/8A
And worship in thy fear.˘/˘˘//6C

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.