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SDA Hymnal 666

Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord

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1Cast thy burden upon the Lord, And He shall sustain thee; He never will suffer the righteous to fall; He is at thy right hand. Thy mercy, Lord, is great, and far above the heavens; Let none be made ashamed, that wait upon Thee.

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55
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trochaic (DUM-da) · 37% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, And He shall sustain thee; He never will suffer the righteous to fall; He is at thy right hand. Thy mercy, Lord, is great, and far above the heavens; Let none be made ashamed, that wait upon Thee.///˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘//55A

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.