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Christ in Song 717

Trust in the Lord

Words: J. H. SammisMusic: D. B. Towner

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1Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, And lean not to thine own;
In all thy ways ac-knowl-edge Him, And He shall guide thee on.

RefrainTrust in the Lord, trust in the Lord, And lean not to thine own;
Trust in the Lord, trust in the Lord, And He shall guide thee on.

2Trust in the Lord, though dark thy way, And though thy heart may bleed;
He knows the path that leads to day, He knows thy ev-ery need.

3Trust in the Lord, His love is sure, His prom-is-es are true;
His mer-cies ev-er-more en-dure, What more can He do?

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 57% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, And lean not to thine own;/˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘//14A
In all thy ways ac-knowl-edge Him, And He shall guide thee on.˘///˘/˘˘˘˘˘//˘14B

Verse 2

Trust in the Lord, though dark thy way, And though thy heart may bleed;/˘˘/////˘///˘/14A
He knows the path that leads to day, He knows thy ev-ery need.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/15A

Verse 3

Trust in the Lord, His love is sure, His prom-is-es are true;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14A
His mer-cies ev-er-more en-dure, What more can He do?˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘13A

Refrain

Trust in the Lord, trust in the Lord, And lean not to thine own;/˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘//14A
Trust in the Lord, trust in the Lord, And He shall guide thee on./˘˘//˘˘/˘˘˘//˘14B

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.