Hymn 167 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEF AAGG HHII JAAA KKJJ AAFF ALMM NNAA AAOOThe Divine Perfections | A |
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Great God thy glories shall employ | B |
My holy fear my humble joy | B |
My lips in songs of honor bring | C |
Their tribute to th' eternal King | C |
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Earth and the stars and worlds unknown | D |
Depend precarious on his throne | D |
All nature hangs upon his word | E |
And grace and glory own their Lord | F |
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His sovereign power what mortal knows | A |
If be command who dares oppose | A |
With strength he girds himself around | G |
And treads the rebels to the ground | G |
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Who shall pretend to teach him skill | H |
Or guide the counsels of his will | H |
His wisdom like a sea divine | I |
Flows deep and high beyond our line | I |
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His name is holy and his eye | J |
Burns with immortal jealousy | A |
He hates the sons of pride and sheds | A |
His fiery vengeance on their heads | A |
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The beaming of his piercing sight | K |
Bring dark hypocrisy to light | K |
Death and destruction naked lie | J |
And hell uncovered to his eye | J |
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Th' eternal law before him stands | A |
His justice with impartial hands | A |
Divides to all their due reward | F |
Or by the sceptre or the sword | F |
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His mercy like a boundless sea | A |
Washes our load of guilt away | L |
While his own Son came down and died | M |
T' engage his justice on our side | M |
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Each of his words demands my faith | N |
My soul can rest on all he saith | N |
His truth inviolably keeps | A |
The largest promise of his lips | A |
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O tell me with a gentle voice | A |
Thou art my God and I'll rejoice | A |
Filled with thy love I dare proclaim | O |
The brightest honors of thy name | O |
Isaac Watts
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