SDA Hymnal 685
Cause Me to Hear
1Cause me to hear Thy loving kindness in the morning,
for in Thee do I trust.
Cause me to know they way where-in I shall walk
for I lift up my soul to Thee.
Amen
The verse
- Meter
- 13.6.11.8.2
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 44% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCDE
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Cause me to hear Thy loving kindness in the morning,/˘˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘13A
for in Thee do I trust.˘˘/˘˘/6B
Cause me to know they way where-in I shall walk/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/11C
for I lift up my soul to Thee.˘˘/˘˘/˘/8D
Amen˘/2E
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.