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SDA Hymnal 277

For Your Holy Book We Thank You

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1For Your holy book we thank You,
And for all who served You well,
Writing, guarding, and translating,
That its pages might forth tell

RefrainYour strong love and tender care
Know Your love and tender care
And Your love and tender care
All Your love and tender care
For Your people everywhere.
For Your people everywhere.
For Your people everywhere.
For Your people everywhere.

2For Your holy book we thank You,
And for those who work today,
That the people of all nations,
Reading it and following may

3For Your holy book we thank You,
May its message be our guide,
May we understand the wisdom
Of the laws it will provide:

4For Your holy book we thank You,
May its message in our hearts
Lead us now to see in Jesus
All the grace Your word imparts:

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The verse

Meter: 8.7.8.7
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 58% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCB

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Verse 1

For Your holy book we thank You,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A

And for all who served You well,˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Writing, guarding, and translating,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8C

That its pages might forth tell˘˘/˘˘//7B

Verse 2

For Your holy book we thank You,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A

And for those who work today,˘˘˘˘/˘/7B

That the people of all nations,˘˘/˘˘//˘8C

Reading it and following may/˘˘˘/˘˘˘8B

Verse 3

For Your holy book we thank You,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A

May its message be our guide,˘˘/˘˘/˘/8B

May we understand the wisdom˘˘/˘/˘/˘8C

Of the laws it will provide:˘˘/˘˘˘/7B

Verse 4

For Your holy book we thank You,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A

May its message in our hearts˘˘/˘˘/˘/8B

Lead us now to see in Jesus/˘/˘/˘/˘8C

All the grace Your word imparts:/˘/˘///7B

Refrain

Your strong love and tender care˘//˘/˘/7A

Know Your love and tender care/˘/˘/˘/7A

And Your love and tender care˘˘/˘/˘/7A

All Your love and tender care/˘/˘/˘/7A

For Your people everywhere.˘˘/˘/˘/7A

For Your people everywhere.˘˘/˘/˘/7A

For Your people everywhere.˘˘/˘/˘/7A

For Your people everywhere.˘˘/˘/˘/7A

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.