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SDA Hymnal 192

O Shepherd Divine

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1O Shepherd divine, I know Thou art mine;
Thy search in the night was for me.
This bleak world is cold, but warm is Thy fold;
My Shepherd, I follow Thee.

RefrainThy beautiful lamp shineth bright o'er my way,
Thy glorious light unto Thy perfect day.
Thro' life that was given near to my soul,
Ah! heart that was broken to make sinners whole.
This way Thou dost lead to the still waters deep,
One pastures serene, Thro' valleys of green,
My Shepherd, I follow Thee.

2O Shepherd divine, I know Thou art mine;
Thy great heart was broken for me.
Thy grace and Thy law I picture in awe;
They kissed upon Calvary.

3O Shepherd divine, I know Thou art mine;
I hear Thee say, 'Follow thou Me.'
The Spirit of Prophecy,
Thy Ah! I

Scripture
Psalm 23

The verse

Meter
10.8.10.7
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

O Shepherd divine, I know Thou art mine;˘/˘˘/˘////10A
Thy search in the night was for me.//˘˘/˘˘˘8B
This bleak world is cold, but warm is Thy fold;˘//˘/˘/˘//10C
My Shepherd, I follow Thee.˘/˘˘/˘/7B

Verse 2

O Shepherd divine, I know Thou art mine;˘/˘˘/˘////10A
Thy great heart was broken for me.///˘/˘˘˘8B
Thy grace and Thy law I picture in awe;//˘//˘/˘˘/10C
They kissed upon Calvary.˘/˘//˘˘7D

Verse 3

O Shepherd divine, I know Thou art mine;˘/˘˘/˘////10A
I hear Thee say, 'Follow thou Me.'˘////˘/˘8B
The Spirit of Prophecy,˘/˘˘/˘˘7C
Thy Ah! I//˘3D

Refrain

Thy beautiful lamp shineth bright o'er my way,//˘˘//˘//˘/11A
Thy glorious light unto Thy perfect day.//˘˘//˘/˘//11A
Thro' life that was given near to my soul,//˘˘/˘/˘˘/10B
Ah! heart that was broken to make sinners whole.//˘˘/˘˘//˘/11B
This way Thou dost lead to the still waters deep,˘////˘˘//˘/11C
One pastures serene, Thro' valleys of green,//˘˘///˘˘/10D
My Shepherd, I follow Thee.˘/˘˘/˘/7E

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.