SDA Hymnal 5
All My Hope on God Is Founded
Words: Joachim NeanderMusic: Joachim NeanderTune: Meine Hoffnung8.7.8.7.3.3.7
1All my hope on God is founded;
He doth still my trust renew.
Me through change and chance He guideth,
Only good and only true.
God unknown,
He alone
Calls my heart to be His own.
2Pride of man and earthly glory,
Sword and crown betray his trust;
What with care and toil he buildeth,
Tower and temple fall to dust.
But God's power,
Hour by hour,
Is my temple and my tower.
3God's great goodness aye endureth,
Deep His wisdom, passing thought;
Splendor, light and life attend Him,
Beauty springeth out of naught.
Evermore
From His store
New-born worlds rise and adore.
4Still from man to God eternal
Sacrifice of praise be done,
High above all praises praising
For the gift of Christ His Son.
Christ doth call
One and all:
Ye who follow shall not fall.
- Words
- Joachim Neander; tr. Robert Seymour Bridges
- Music
- Joachim Neander
- Tune
- Meine Hoffnung
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7.3.3.7
- Scripture
- Psalm 62:5-8; 1 Peter 1:21
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7.3.3.7 · as printed
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 76% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCBDDD
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