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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

Deep down into the depths of this Thy Name

Comfort in Trials By the Lord’s Name

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Deep down into the depths of this Thy Name,
My God, I sink and dwell in calm delight;
Thou art enough however long the day,
Thou art enough however dark the night.
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Thou art my God—the All-Sufficient One,
Thou canst create for me whate’er I lack;
Thy mighty hand has strewn the lonely track
With miracles of love and tender care
3
For me Thy trusting one. My God I dare
Once more to fling myself upon Thy breast,
And there adore Thy ways in faith’s deep rest,
And there adore Thy ways in faith’s quiet rest.

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Cs

United States

Jun 24, 2021

Thank you Lord that we can sink deeper and deeper down into Your name and dwell there, where You are enough to meet every need, our El Shaddai! We adore Your ways here in faith! We love you!

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YR

Jan 22, 2021

Lord we love you

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Allen

AJA, Lagos, Nigeria

Jun 23, 2019

For me Thy trusting one. My God I dare
Once more to fling myself upon Thy breast,
And there adore Thy ways in faith’s deep rest,
And there adore Thy ways in faith’s quiet rest.

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Medea

Tbilisi, Georgia

Aug 28, 2018

Deep down into the depths of this Thy Name,

My God, I sink and dwell in calm delight. This is real paradise. What else is more than this? Oh Lord Jesus <3

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Carol

Buda, TX, United States

Jul 13, 2016

Amen.

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Anna

Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Dec 27, 2013

"Thou are my God - the All Sufficient One"

If we have history with God, then God is My God.

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A Brother

Michigan, United States

Oct 6, 2013

"Thou art enough however long the day, /

Thou art enough however long the night."

Sometimes we may think that the Lord, being our faithful Shepherd, should fix a certain situation for us, or bring us out of a certain circumstance, and yet He doesn't. Perhaps this is because He wants us to know that He is enough for us, even for going through that situation and for remaining in that circumstance. If He fixed the situation, we would only have one positive and somewhat shallow experience of Him, but if He continually supplied us with Himself while we endure through that situation, we would learn how to continually come to Him and fellowship with Him, and perhaps even to abide in Him.

If we are quick to complain when He doesn't fix our problems, then there could never be much depth in our dependence on Him.

Thank You Lord for everything!

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Dawn Foo

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sep 2, 2011

Thou art enough, Thou art enough,Tho art my God--the All-Sufficient One. I fling myself unto Thy breast. Such great comfort and rest!

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Henry Francis B. Espiritu

Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Sep 2, 2011

Oh my Beloved Lord! Thou art to me as my enablement! Thou art the All-Sufficient One and I am nothing! Oh to be nothing so I may gain Thee as my everything! Oh Lord, oh my Beloved, Thou art my All-in-All and without Thee I am just a dust--an insignificant speck in this ephemeral universe. With Thee, I am complete! Without thee I am barren, forlorn and desolate. Oh Thou Almighty One, Thou art my Guide and Stay and I am continually a pain to my own self without Thy abiding presence! Do not withhold Thy Presence away from me. Oh Beloved Lord, at Thy Banqueting Table, Thou hast filled me with all the good things and Thou hast feed me with Thy own choicest gift--Thy very own Life Itself! Oh my All-Sufficient One! Oh my Beloved Lord, what can I ask but to surrender at Thy resplendent feet and become Thy insignificant slave! Better a day at Thy footstool than listening to the noises of my self-life! Amen!

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Mark Estrella

Brea, CA, United States

Jan 5, 2011

I appreciate that this hymn reminds us of our lack, we lack Him no longer for His blood has paid our endless debt. By resurrection He has silenced all our death. Now we enjoy the calm of His own rest.

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