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Christ in Song 74

Weighed and Wanting

Words: F. E. BeldenMusic: F. E. Belden

Studio

1Weighed in the balance and found wanting,
Shall we hear the Chief works speak-ers say?
Shall we hear the Saviour's pleading,
While we from our sins are turning away?

RefrainWeighed in the balance and found wanting,
Shall we weigh and found wanting,
Shall we wait and found and wanting?

2Shall we hear the Chief works speak-ers say?
"Faithful servants" and "Well done," Or far down-cast awful sentence,
Shall we hear the Saviour's pleading,
While our sins are all forgiven?

3Oh, we must be weighed and found wanting,
Warned in the balance of the Lord;
Shall we not heed the warning,
Shall we wait and found and wanting?

Scripture
Daniel 5:27

Copyright, 1893, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
9.9.9.11
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Weighed in the balance and found wanting,/˘˘/˘˘//˘9A
Shall we hear the Chief works speak-ers say?˘˘/˘///˘/9B
Shall we hear the Saviour's pleading,˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘9C
While we from our sins are turning away?/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/11B

Verse 2

Shall we hear the Chief works speak-ers say?˘˘/˘///˘/9A
"Faithful servants" and "Well done," Or far down-cast awful sentence,/˘/˘˘//˘////˘/˘15B
Shall we hear the Saviour's pleading,˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘9C
While our sins are all forgiven?//˘/˘/˘/˘9D

Verse 3

Oh, we must be weighed and found wanting,˘˘/˘/˘//˘9A
Warned in the balance of the Lord;/˘˘/˘˘˘/8B
Shall we not heed the warning,˘˘˘/˘/˘7C
Shall we wait and found and wanting?˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A

Refrain

Weighed in the balance and found wanting,/˘˘/˘˘//˘9A
Shall we weigh and found wanting,˘˘/˘//˘7A
Shall we wait and found and wanting?˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A

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.