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Christ in Song 386

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

Words: H. G. SpaffordMusic: P. P. Bliss

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1When peace like a riv-er at-tend-eth my way, When sor-rows like sea bil-lows roll;
What-ev-er my lot, thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.

RefrainIt is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

2Tho' Sa-tan should buf-fet, tho' tri-als should come, Let this blest as-sur-ance con-trol,
That Christ hath re-gard-ed my help-less es-tate, And hath shed his own blood for my soul.

3My sin—O the bliss of this glo-ri-ous tho't— My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

4And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trump shall re-sound and the Lord shall de-scend, E-ven so—it is well with my soul.

Also sung to
Ville du Havre (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #399)

The verse

Meter
19.20
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 34% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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Verse 1

When peace like a riv-er at-tend-eth my way, When sor-rows like sea bil-lows roll;///˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘///˘/19A
What-ev-er my lot, thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.//˘˘////˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/20A

Verse 2

Tho' Sa-tan should buf-fet, tho' tri-als should come, Let this blest as-sur-ance con-trol,//˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘/19A
That Christ hath re-gard-ed my help-less es-tate, And hath shed his own blood for my soul.˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘//˘˘/20A

Verse 3

My sin—O the bliss of this glo-ri-ous tho't— My sin, not in part, but the whole,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘?˘/˘˘/˘˘/19A
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘/˘˘/20A

Verse 4

And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,˘//˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/19A
The trump shall re-sound and the Lord shall de-scend, E-ven so—it is well with my soul.˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘//˘˘˘˘/˘˘/20A

Refrain

It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/15A

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.