Hymns and Tunes 1886 346
Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
Words: Nicolaus ZinzendorfTune: 167, 336, 562.
1Jesus, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Mid hosts of sins, in these arrayed, My soul shall never be afraid.
2Lord, I believe thy precious blood, Which, at the mercy-seat of God,
Forever doth for sinners plead, Can cleanse my guilty soul indeed.
3Lord, I believe were sinners more Than sands upon the ocean shore,
Thou hast for all a ransom paid, For all a full provision made.
- Words
- Nicolaus Zinzendorf
- Tune
- 167, 336, 562.
- Also sung to
- Germany (SDA Hymnal #177)
Public Domain
The verse
- Meter
- 17.16
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 67% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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Verse 1
Jesus, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress;/˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/17A
Mid hosts of sins, in these arrayed, My soul shall never be afraid.//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/16B
Verse 2
Lord, I believe thy precious blood, Which, at the mercy-seat of God,/˘˘///˘/˘˘˘???˘/16A
Forever doth for sinners plead, Can cleanse my guilty soul indeed.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///16B
Verse 3
Lord, I believe were sinners more Than sands upon the ocean shore,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16A
Thou hast for all a ransom paid, For all a full provision made.//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16B
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.