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SDA Hymnal 679

God Be in My Head

Tune: GOD BE IN MY HEAD

1God be in my head,
And in my thinking.
God be in my eyes,
And in my looking.
God be in my mouth
And in my speaking.
Oh, God be in my
heart, And in my understanding.

Tune: GOD BE IN MY HEAD

The verse

Meter: 5.5.5.5.5.5.5.8
Foot: dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCDEFGH

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

God be in my head,/˘˘˘/5A

And in my thinking.˘˘˘/˘5B

God be in my eyes,/˘˘˘/5C

And in my looking.˘˘˘/˘5D

God be in my mouth/˘˘˘/5E

And in my speaking.˘˘˘/˘5F

Oh, God be in my˘/˘˘˘5G

heart, And in my understanding./˘˘˘/˘/˘8H

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.