SDA Hymnal 586
What Joy It Is to Worship Here
Tune: JEG ER SÅ GLAD
1What joy it is to worship here,
And find ourselves at home,
Where God, who uses every gift,
Has room for all who come!
2Yet are no two of us alike
Of all the human race,
And we must seek a common ground
If we would share His grace.
- Tune
- JEG ER SÅ GLAD
The verse
- Meter
- 8.7.9.6
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 59% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCD
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
What joy it is to worship here,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
And find ourselves at home,˘/˘˘/˘/7B
Where God, who uses every gift,//˘/˘/˘˘/9C
Has room for all who come!˘/˘/˘/6D
Verse 2
Yet are no two of us alike/˘˘/˘˘˘/8A
Of all the human race,˘/˘/˘/6B
And we must seek a common ground˘˘//˘/˘/8C
If we would share His grace.˘˘˘/˘/6B
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.