Christ in Song 459

Wait on the Lord

1The bur-den waits of earth-ly care, Our pain and grief and loss; Joy is found in Je-sus' love,
Yet when we com-plain of tri-als there, To He who bore the cross; In grief thy strength hast thou found,
In thy path-way thorns are found, O think who bore them on his brow; In grief thy strength hast thou found,
Joy up, my soul, though dark the way, Come walking thro' the glo-ry land, In His all per-fect love.

RefrainWait - up-on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thy strength.
If wait-ing by faith, Wait on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thee at length;
Wait on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thy strength.

2Who would not sing to praise their God! their hope? Wait - up-on the Lord up-on the Lord, He - shall re-
Wait, meek-ly wait, and trust and pray; Wait on the Lord, meek-ly wait, and trust thy strength.
Wait, meek-ly wait, and trust and pray; Wait on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thy strength.

Words: J. H. Tenney
Music: A. S. Hickman
Scripture: Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 27:14

Music copyright, 1897, by J. E. Belden.

The verse

Meter: 22.22.22.22
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABBA

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Verse 1

The bur-den waits of earth-ly care, Our pain and grief and loss; Joy is found in Je-sus' love,˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/22A

Yet when we com-plain of tri-als there, To He who bore the cross; In grief thy strength hast thou found,//˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//////22B

In thy path-way thorns are found, O think who bore them on his brow; In grief thy strength hast thou found,˘////˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//////22B

Joy up, my soul, though dark the way, Come walking thro' the glo-ry land, In His all per-fect love./˘˘///˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘//22A

Verse 2

Who would not sing to praise their God! their hope? Wait - up-on the Lord up-on the Lord, He - shall re-˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/???˘/˘/˘/??/22A

Wait, meek-ly wait, and trust and pray; Wait on the Lord, meek-ly wait, and trust thy strength.//˘/˘/˘//˘˘//˘/˘///19B

Wait, meek-ly wait, and trust and pray; Wait on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thy strength.//˘/˘/˘//˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘///23B

Refrain

Wait - up-on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thy strength.???˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘///16A

If wait-ing by faith, Wait on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thee at length;˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/21A

Wait on the Lord, wait up-on the Lord, He will re-new thy strength./˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘///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.