Christ in Song 573
HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
Words: F. L. WisemanMusic: Frank Gray
1"For so he giveth his beloved sleep." - Ps. 127:2.
"He giveth his beloved sleep." Blessed words of wondrous truth, which tell
The sin of weariness and fret, Without them may we doubt; they bring sweet op-por-tuni-ty soul, Je-sus has one cry: sleep!
That sickness summons, disease sends, like sweet-est songs shall mark-ed rest sleep-ing.
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O sooth-ing words, so off for-get; He giveth his be-lov-ed sleep, He giveth his be-lov-ed sleep.
- Words
- F. L. Wiseman
- Music
- Frank Gray
- Scripture
- Ps. 127:2
The verse
- Meter
- 10.15.29.17
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 48% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- –ABC
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Verse 1
"For so he giveth his beloved sleep." - Ps. 127:2.˘˘˘/˘˘˘//?10–
"He giveth his beloved sleep." Blessed words of wondrous truth, which tell˘/˘˘˘////˘/˘/˘/15A
The sin of weariness and fret, Without them may we doubt; they bring sweet op-por-tuni-ty soul, Je-sus has one cry: sleep!˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘//˘˘///29B
That sickness summons, disease sends, like sweet-est songs shall mark-ed rest sleep-ing.˘/˘/˘˘////˘/˘///˘17C
Refrain
REFRAIN:˘/2A
O sooth-ing words, so off for-get; He giveth his be-lov-ed sleep, He giveth his be-lov-ed sleep.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘//22B
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.