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Christ in Song 277

Thy Righteousness

Words: Anon

1Thy righteousness, O God, reaches high,
Thou who hast done great things;
O God, who is like unto thee?
For great are all thy works.

2Thou hast shown me great and severe troubles,
But thou wilt revive me again;
Thou wilt bring me up again from the depths,
And wilt increase my greatness.

3Thou wilt comfort me on every side,
I will also praise thee with psaltery;
Even thy truth, O my God,
I will sing with the harp.

4My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing,
And my soul which thou hast redeemed;
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness,
All the day long shall I praise thee.

Words: Anon

The verse

Meter: 9.6.8.6
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCD

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Verse 1

Thy righteousness, O God, reaches high,//˘˘˘//˘/9A

Thou who hast done great things;/˘////6B

O God, who is like unto thee?˘/˘˘//˘/8C

For great are all thy works.˘/˘///6D

Verse 2

Thou hast shown me great and severe troubles,///˘/˘˘//˘10A

But thou wilt revive me again;˘//˘/˘˘/8B

Thou wilt bring me up again from the depths,///˘˘˘/˘˘/10C

And wilt increase my greatness.˘///˘/˘7D

Verse 3

Thou wilt comfort me on every side,///˘˘˘/˘˘/10A

I will also praise thee with psaltery;˘˘/˘//˘???10B

Even thy truth, O my God,/˘//˘˘/7C

I will sing with the harp.˘˘/˘˘/6D

Verse 4

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing,˘/˘/˘˘//˘/10A

And my soul which thou hast redeemed;˘˘/˘//˘/8B

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness,˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘11C

All the day long shall I praise thee./˘//˘˘//8D

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.