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Christ in Song 412

How Much I Need Thee

Music: J. E. Rankin

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1Blest, so I can know how much I need thee! Walk and die, fail poor and blind; Take my trembling hand and lead me. In the right path let me find. Wait-ing, trusting, still I call on thee.

RefrainEv - 'ry hour, ev - 'ry hour, Blessed Lord, how much I need thee, Ev-'ry hour, ev - 'ry hour, Sav-iour, keep me, ev - 'ry hour.

2O take me with thy love to keep beside thee, Stand with me on the rock; And in the sunshine of thy love I'll hide me, All with thee, now shorn I'll walk-ing, trust-ing, still I call on thee.

3Thus will I see the bless-ed, Savior, still with me in dark-ness, love Divine; Till with thee, now shorn I'll walk-ing, trust-ing, still I call on thee.

Copyright, 1896. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
42
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

Blest, so I can know how much I need thee! Walk and die, fail poor and blind; Take my trembling hand and lead me. In the right path let me find. Wait-ing, trusting, still I call on thee./˘˘˘///˘///˘///˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/42A

Verse 2

O take me with thy love to keep beside thee, Stand with me on the rock; And in the sunshine of thy love I'll hide me, All with thee, now shorn I'll walk-ing, trust-ing, still I call on thee.˘/˘˘//˘/˘///˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘//˘////˘/˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘/43A

Verse 3

Thus will I see the bless-ed, Savior, still with me in dark-ness, love Divine; Till with thee, now shorn I'll walk-ing, trust-ing, still I call on thee./˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

Refrain

Ev - 'ry hour, ev - 'ry hour, Blessed Lord, how much I need thee, Ev-'ry hour, ev - 'ry hour, Sav-iour, keep me, ev - 'ry hour./˘/˘/˘/˘////˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘32A

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.