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Christ in Song 733

Patience, Bids Us Wait

Words: JohnsonMusic: Johnson

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1Pa-tience, bids us wait, Till the prom-ise of the Lord is ful-filled;
Trust and not be a-fraid, For the word of the Lord shall be ful-filled.
Thou hast fought the good fight, Hold fast that thou hast till He come.

2Wait on the Lord, be of good cour-age, He will strength-en thy heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord, And He will give thee thy heart's de-sire.
Thou hast fought the good fight, Hold fast that thou hast till He come.

3They that wait up-on the Lord shall re-new their strength; they shall mount up with wings as ea-gles;
They shall run and not be wea-ry, and they shall walk and not faint.
Thou hast fought the good fight, Hold fast that thou hast till He come.

Words
Johnson
Music
Johnson

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
15.16.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Pa-tience, bids us wait, Till the prom-ise of the Lord is ful-filled;/˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/15A
Trust and not be a-fraid, For the word of the Lord shall be ful-filled./˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/16A
Thou hast fought the good fight, Hold fast that thou hast till He come.///˘////˘///˘/14B

Verse 2

Wait on the Lord, be of good cour-age, He will strength-en thy heart;/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘//15A
Wait, I say, on the Lord, And He will give thee thy heart's de-sire./˘/˘˘/˘˘˘////˘/˘16B
Thou hast fought the good fight, Hold fast that thou hast till He come.///˘////˘///˘/14C

Verse 3

They that wait up-on the Lord shall re-new their strength; they shall mount up with wings as ea-gles;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘21A
They shall run and not be wea-ry, and they shall walk and not faint.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/15B
Thou hast fought the good fight, Hold fast that thou hast till He come.///˘////˘///˘/14C

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.