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Hymns and Tunes 1876 5

High in the heavens, Eternal God

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1High in the heavens, Eternal God, Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils thy just and wise designs.

2Forever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep; Wise are the wonders of thy hands, Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

3O God, how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort spring! The sons of Adam, in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wing.

4In the provisions of thy house We still shall find a sweet repast; There mercy like a river flows, And brings salvation to our taste.

Also sung to
Stockton (Christ in Song #308); Ames (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #47)

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
34
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 43% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

High in the heavens, Eternal God, Thy goodness in full glory shines; Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils thy just and wise designs./˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘//˘///˘///˘˘/˘///˘/˘/34A

Verse 2

Forever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep; Wise are the wonders of thy hands, Thy judgments are a mighty deep.˘/˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘////˘˘˘/˘/32A

Verse 3

O God, how excellent thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort spring! The sons of Adam, in distress, Fly to the shadow of thy wing.˘///˘˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘//˘//33A

Verse 4

In the provisions of thy house We still shall find a sweet repast; There mercy like a river flows, And brings salvation to our taste.˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/??//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/33A

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.