SDA Hymnal 691
Lead Me, Lord
1Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;
make thy way plain before my face.
For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only,
that makest me dwell in safety.
The verse
- Meter
- 10.8.9.8
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 38% of beats fit
- Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;/˘//˘˘//˘˘10A
make thy way plain before my face.////˘/˘/8B
For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only,˘˘˘/////˘9C
that makest me dwell in safety.˘/˘˘/˘/˘8D
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.