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SDA Hymnal 231

Blest Be the King

Words: Fred Pratt GreenMusic: Eric H. ThimanTune: BETHLEHEMC.M.

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1Blest be the King whose coming is in the name of God!
For Him let doors be opened, no hearts against Him barred!
Not robed in royal splendor, in power and pomp comes He;
But clad as are the poorest, such His humility.

2By those who truly listen His voice is truly heard;
He speaks in love and comfort, all pity like a bird.
The proud and haughty, who have not learned to heed
The meek shall find all glory and humble He.

3He only to the humble reveals the face of God.
All power is His, all glory! All things are in His hand,
All light His yoke shall be, for gentle Christ will end.

4He offers to the burdened the rest and grace they need.
Let us as are the poorest, till time itself shall end,
He would have us bear it, so He can made us free!

Meter
C.M.
Scripture
Matthew 21:9; Matthew 11:28-30

© 1974 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
13.13.13.13 · the hymnal prints C.M.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 34% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”

Verse 1

Blest be the King whose coming is in the name of God!/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/13A
For Him let doors be opened, no hearts against Him barred!˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13B
Not robed in royal splendor, in power and pomp comes He;˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘13C*
But clad as are the poorest, such His humility.˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘13D

Verse 2

By those who truly listen His voice is truly heard;˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13A
He speaks in love and comfort, all pity like a bird.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/13A
The proud and haughty, who have not learned to heed˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/11B
The meek shall find all glory and humble He.˘/˘///˘˘/˘˘11C

Verse 3

He only to the humble reveals the face of God.˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13A
All power is His, all glory! All things are in His hand,//˘˘˘//˘//˘˘˘/14B
All light His yoke shall be, for gentle Christ will end.//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/12C

Verse 4

He offers to the burdened the rest and grace they need.˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13A
Let us as are the poorest, till time itself shall end,/˘˘˘˘/˘////˘/13B
He would have us bear it, so He can made us free!˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/12C

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.