The first musical phrase ascends:
In the third verse, the text sung to that phrase is "Praise the Lord high above," and in the fourth, "Thankful hearts raise to God." The phrases deal with height and raising, which the musical ascent represents.
The text for the second half of the third verse is "For He stoops down to heal you, / Uplift and restore you." For both of these phrases, there are melodic representations. "For He stoops down to heal you" is sung to a descending phrase:
And the two syllables of "Uplift" (the first two notes in the phrase) form a rising sixth (Eb to C):
