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Church Hymnal 55

Now God Be With Us

Words: Petrus HerbertMusic: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]8.8.8.8.8.8

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1Now God be with us, for the night is closing;
The light and darkness are of His disposing,
And 'neath His shadow here to rest we yield us,
For He will shield us.

2Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us;
Till morning cometh, watch, O Master, o'er us;
In soul and body Thou from harm defend us,
Thine angels send us.

3Let holy thoughts be ours when sleep o'ertakes us;
Our earliest thoughts be Thine when morning wakes us;
All day serve Thee, in work we do for others,
As sisters, brothers.

Music
[unclear]
Tune
[unclear]
Meter
8.8.8.8.8.8
Scripture
Psalm 121:3-4; Romans 12:10

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The verse

Meter
11.11.11.5 · the hymnal prints 8.8.8.8.8.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 67% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Now God be with us, for the night is closing;//˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘11A
The light and darkness are of His disposing,˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘11A
And 'neath His shadow here to rest we yield us,˘?˘///˘/˘/˘11B
For He will shield us.˘˘˘/˘5B

Verse 2

Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us;//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘11A
Till morning cometh, watch, O Master, o'er us;//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘11A
In soul and body Thou from harm defend us,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘11A
Thine angels send us.//˘/˘5A

Verse 3

Let holy thoughts be ours when sleep o'ertakes us;//˘/˘/˘//????˘14A
Our earliest thoughts be Thine when morning wakes us;/˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘13A
All day serve Thee, in work we do for others,////˘/˘˘˘/˘11B
As sisters, brothers.˘/˘/˘5B

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.