SDA Hymnal 63
O Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord
Words: [unclear]Music: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]8 8 8 8
1O come, let us sing to the Lord,
Come let us every one
A joyful noise make to the Rock
Of our salvation.
2Let us before His presence come
With glad and thankful
For God, above all the gods,
He did make.
3For God, a great King,
A bove all the sea
To Him, and kneel
He did make.
4To Him, for He
For He the sea
And kneel
Maker.
5O come, bow down and worship Him,
Him, and
to
our
- Words
- [unclear]
- Music
- [unclear]
- Tune
- [unclear]
- Meter
- 8 8 8 8
- Scripture
- Psalm 95
The verse
- Meter
- 8.8.8.6 · the hymnal prints 8 8 8 8
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 40% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
O come, let us sing to the Lord,˘//˘/˘˘/8A
Come let us every one/////˘˘/8B
A joyful noise make to the Rock˘/˘//˘˘/8C
Of our salvation.˘/˘˘/˘6D
Verse 2
Let us before His presence come/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
With glad and thankful˘/˘/˘5B
For God, above all the gods,˘/˘//˘/7C
He did make.˘˘/3D
Verse 3
For God, a great King,˘/˘//5A
A bove all the sea˘//˘/5B
To Him, and kneel˘˘˘/4C
He did make.˘˘/3D
Verse 4
To Him, for He˘˘˘˘4A
For He the sea˘˘˘/4A
And kneel˘/2B
Maker./˘2C
Verse 5
O come, bow down and worship Him,˘///˘/˘˘8A
Him, and˘˘2B
to˘1C
our/˘2D
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.