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Church Hymnal 66

Like as a Father

Words: [unclear]Music: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]C.M.

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1Like as a father pitieth
His children in distress,
So does the Lord pity them
That fear His holiness.

2For He doth know whereof we're made,
He knows that we are dust;
And like the flower of the field,
So shall our life be passed.

3The wind but over it doth pass,
And it away is gone,
And of the place where once it was
It shall no more be known.

4But yet the loving kindness of
The Lord forever stays
On them that fear Him and His truth
From generation to generation stays.

Words
[unclear]
Music
[unclear]
Tune
[unclear]
Meter
C.M.
Scripture
Psalm 103:13-17

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
8.6.7.6 · the hymnal prints C.M.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 54% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Like as a father pitieth/˘˘/˘/˘˘8A
His children in distress,˘/˘˘˘/6B
So does the Lord pity them˘˘˘//˘˘7C
That fear His holiness.˘/˘/˘˘6D

Verse 2

For He doth know whereof we're made,˘˘//??//8A
He knows that we are dust;˘/˘˘˘/6B
And like the flower of the field,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8C
So shall our life be passed.˘˘˘/˘/6D

Verse 3

The wind but over it doth pass,˘/˘/˘˘//8A
And it away is gone,˘˘˘/˘/6B
And of the place where once it was˘˘˘///˘˘8C
It shall no more be known.˘˘˘/˘/6D

Verse 4

But yet the loving kindness of˘/˘/˘/˘˘8A
The Lord forever stays˘/˘/˘/6B
On them that fear Him and His truth˘˘˘/˘˘˘/8C
From generation to generation stays.˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/11B

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.