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Christ in Song 556

Cast Thy Burden on the Lord

Words: F. J. Van AlstyneMusic: H. R. Palmer

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1Cast thy burden on the Lord, And he shall sustain thee;
He will make the promise good, He will sustain thee.

RefrainHe will sustain thee, He will sustain thee;
He never will permit the righteous to be moved.

2Cast thy burden on the Lord, Though thy heart be breaking;
Trust in him, he will sustain, He will sustain thee.

3Cast thy burden on the Lord, He will not forsake thee;
He will make the promise good, He will sustain thee.

4Cast thy burden on the Lord, God thy burden shall bear;
He will make the promise good, He will sustain thee.

Scripture
Psalm 55:22

The verse

Meter
13.12
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 48% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Cast thy burden on the Lord, And he shall sustain thee;///˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘//13A
He will make the promise good, He will sustain thee.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//12A

Verse 2

Cast thy burden on the Lord, Though thy heart be breaking;///˘˘˘////˘/˘13A
Trust in him, he will sustain, He will sustain thee./˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘//12B

Verse 3

Cast thy burden on the Lord, He will not forsake thee;///˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘//13A
He will make the promise good, He will sustain thee.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//12A

Verse 4

Cast thy burden on the Lord, God thy burden shall bear;///˘˘˘////˘˘/13A
He will make the promise good, He will sustain thee.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//12B

Refrain

He will sustain thee, He will sustain thee;˘˘˘//˘˘˘//10A
He never will permit the righteous to be moved.˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/12B

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.