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SDA Hymnal 412

Cover With His Life

1Look upon Jesus, sinless is He;
Father, impute His life unto me.
My life of scarlet, my sin and woe,
Cover with His life, whiter than snow.

RefrainCover with His life, whiter than snow;
Fullness of His life then shall I know;
My life of scarlet, my sin and woe,
Cover with His life, whiter than snow.

2Deep are the wounds transgression has made;
Red are the stains; my soul is afraid.
O to be covered, Jesus, with Thee,
Safe from the law that now judgeth me!

3Longing the joy of pardon to know;
Jesus holds out a robe white as snow.
"Lord, I accept it!" leaving my own,
Gladly I wear Thy pure life alone.

4Reconciled by His death for sin;
Justified by His life pure and clean.
Sanctified by obeying His word,
Glorified when returneth my Lord.

The verse

Meter: 9.9.9.9
Foot: anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABB

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Look upon Jesus, sinless is He;/˘//˘??˘˘9A

Father, impute His life unto me./˘//˘//˘˘9A

My life of scarlet, my sin and woe,˘/˘/˘˘/˘/9B

Cover with His life, whiter than snow./˘˘˘//˘˘/9B

Verse 2

Deep are the wounds transgression has made;/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9A

Red are the stains; my soul is afraid./˘˘/˘/˘˘/9A

O to be covered, Jesus, with Thee,˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/9B

Safe from the law that now judgeth me!/˘˘/˘//˘˘9B

Verse 3

Longing the joy of pardon to know;/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9A

Jesus holds out a robe white as snow./˘//˘//˘/9A

"Lord, I accept it!" leaving my own,/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9B

Gladly I wear Thy pure life alone./˘˘////˘/9B

Verse 4

Reconciled by His death for sin;/˘/˘˘/˘/8A

Justified by His life pure and clean./˘/˘˘//˘/9B

Sanctified by obeying His word,/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/9C

Glorified when returneth my Lord./˘//˘/˘˘/9D

Refrain

Cover with His life, whiter than snow;/˘˘˘//˘˘/9A

Fullness of His life then shall I know;/˘˘˘//˘˘/9A

My life of scarlet, my sin and woe,˘/˘/˘˘/˘/9A

Cover with His life, whiter than snow./˘˘˘//˘˘/9A

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.