"Son of God, Eternal Savior"

A couple weeks ago, Concordia Publishing House posted a verse from "Son of God, Eternal Savior" on Instagram:

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(The hymn is actually LSB #842.)

In my head, I sang this verse to the tune ("In Babilone"), and I noticed that the words "ever plead" in the line "For Your own will ever plead" are sung with melismas (A G F# | E D), giving a sense of duration.  Here's the musical phrase:

(A couple years ago, I wrote about a melisma in the title line.)