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SDA Hymnal 678

God Be in My Head

Tune: GOD BE IN MY HEAD

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1God be in my head, and in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes, and in my looking;
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
God be at mine end, and at my departing.

The verse

Meter
12.10.10.10.11
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 50% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCDE
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

God be in my head, and in my understanding;/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘12A
God be in mine eyes, and in my looking;/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘10B
God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘10C
God be in my heart, and in my thinking;/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘10D
God be at mine end, and at my departing./˘˘//˘˘˘˘/˘11E

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.