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Hymns and Tunes 1876 61

Great God! with wonder and with praise

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1Great God! with wonder and with praise, On all thy works I look; But still thy wisdom, power, and grace, Shine brightest in thy book.

2Lord, make me understand thy law; Show me thy Savior's love; And from the gospel let me draw Joy, comfort from above.

3Here I would learn how Christ has died, To save my soul from hell; Not all the books on earth beside, Such heavenly wonders tell.

4Here are my choicest treasures hid; Here my best comfort lies; Here my desires are satisfied; And here I write thy praise.

5When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there I write thy praise.

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The verse

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iambic (da-DUM) · 53% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Great God! with wonder and with praise, On all thy works I look; But still thy wisdom, power, and grace, Shine brightest in thy book.//˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘///˘/˘˘///˘˘//29A

Verse 2

Lord, make me understand thy law; Show me thy Savior's love; And from the gospel let me draw Joy, comfort from above.//˘/˘////˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘/28A

Verse 3

Here I would learn how Christ has died, To save my soul from hell; Not all the books on earth beside, Such heavenly wonders tell./˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘/29A

Verse 4

Here are my choicest treasures hid; Here my best comfort lies; Here my desires are satisfied; And here I write thy praise./˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘///29A

Verse 5

When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there I write thy praise.//˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘///28A

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.