SDA Hymnal 693
Almighty Father
1Almighty Father, hear our prayer,
and bless all souls that wait before Thee.
Amen.
The verse
- Meter
- 9.9.2
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 62% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Almighty Father, hear our prayer,˘/˘/˘//˘/9A
and bless all souls that wait before Thee.˘///˘/˘//9B
Amen.˘/2C
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.