Christ in Song 718
Trusting in the Lord
1Trust-ing in the Lord my God, Trust-ing in His ho-ly Word,
Trust-ing in re-deem-ing grace, Trust-ing in His love al-ways.
2Trust-ing when the way seems long, Trust-ing when I can-not see,
Trust-ing Je-sus all the way, Trust-ing Him from day to day.
3Trust-ing in the blood that saves, Trust-ing in the power that heals,
Trust-ing in the love that keeps, Trust-ing in the grace that seals.
Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden
The verse
- Meter
- 14.14
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Trust-ing in the Lord my God, Trust-ing in His ho-ly Word,/˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/14A
Trust-ing in re-deem-ing grace, Trust-ing in His love al-ways./˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘///14B
Verse 2
Trust-ing when the way seems long, Trust-ing when I can-not see,/˘/˘////˘/˘/˘/14A
Trust-ing Je-sus all the way, Trust-ing Him from day to day./˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/14B
Verse 3
Trust-ing in the blood that saves, Trust-ing in the power that heals,/˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/15A
Trust-ing in the love that keeps, Trust-ing in the grace that seals./˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘/14A
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.