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SDA Hymnal 183

I Will Sing of Jesus' Love

Studio

1I will sing (I will sing) of Jesus' love,
Sing of Him (sing of Him) who first loved me;
For He left (for He left) bright worlds above,
And died on Calvary.

RefrainI will sing of Jesus' love, Endless praise my heart shall give;
He has died that I might live I will sing His love to me.

2O the depths (O the depths) of love divine!
Earth or heaven (earth or heaven) can never know
How that sins (how that sins) as dark as mine
Can be made as white as snow.

3Nothing good (nothing good) for Him I've done;
How could He (how could He) such love bestow?
Lord, I own (Lord, I own) my heart is won;
Help me now my love to show.

The verse

Meter
10.10.10.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I will sing (I will sing) of Jesus' love,˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/10A
Sing of Him (sing of Him) who first loved me;/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘10B
For He left (for He left) bright worlds above,˘˘/˘˘///˘/10A
And died on Calvary.˘/˘/˘˘6C

Verse 2

O the depths (O the depths) of love divine!˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/10A
Earth or heaven (earth or heaven) can never know/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/12B
How that sins (how that sins) as dark as mine/˘//˘/˘/˘/10A
Can be made as white as snow.˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 3

Nothing good (nothing good) for Him I've done;/˘//˘/˘˘//10A
How could He (how could He) such love bestow?/˘˘/˘˘//˘/10B
Lord, I own (Lord, I own) my heart is won;/˘//˘/˘/˘/10A
Help me now my love to show./˘/˘/˘/7B

Refrain

I will sing of Jesus' love, Endless praise my heart shall give;˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
He has died that I might live I will sing His love to me.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘14B

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.