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Hymns for God’s Peculiar People 20

The Bible

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1Holy Bible! Book divine!
Precious treasure, thou art mine
Mine, to tell me whence I came;
Mine, to teach one what I am;
Mine, to chide me when I rove;
Mine, to show a Saviour's love;
Mine, art thou, to guide my feet;
Mine to judge, condemn, acquit.

2Mine, to comfort in distress,
If the Holy Spirit bless;
Mine, to show, by living faith,
Man can triumph over death;
Mine, to tell of joys to come,
And the rebel sinner's doom;
0, thou precious book divine!
Precious treasure, thou art mine.

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Scripture: Ps 119:105; 2 Tim 3:16-17; Heb 4:12

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The verse

Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.8.7.7
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 77% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABCDEFG

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Verse 1

Holy Bible! Book divine!/˘/˘/˘/7A

Precious treasure, thou art mine/˘/˘///7A

Mine, to tell me whence I came;/˘/˘/˘/7B

Mine, to teach one what I am;/˘//˘˘˘7C

Mine, to chide me when I rove;/˘/˘/˘/7D

Mine, to show a Saviour's love;/˘/˘/˘˘/8E

Mine, art thou, to guide my feet;///˘/˘/7F

Mine to judge, condemn, acquit./˘/˘/˘/7G

Verse 2

Mine, to comfort in distress,/˘/˘˘˘/7A

If the Holy Spirit bless;˘˘/˘/˘/7A

Mine, to show, by living faith,/˘/˘/˘/7B

Man can triumph over death;/˘/˘/˘/7C

Mine, to tell of joys to come,/˘/˘/˘/7D

And the rebel sinner's doom;˘˘/˘/˘/7E

0, thou precious book divine!//˘/˘/6F

Precious treasure, thou art mine./˘/˘///7F

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.