Psalm 104 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EEFF GHIJ KKLM NOEE PPQQ RRSS TTBB U VHWW FFXY ZZA2A2 EEB2B2 U C2C2UU D2E2F2F2 G2G2SS H2I2FF J2J2K2K2 L2L2M2M2 N2N2RR SSO2P2 U Q2R2C2C2 S2OT2U2 V2W2A2A2 MMX2X2 Y2Y2BB Z2Z2G2G2 A3A3B3B3 A3A3C3C3The glory of God in creation and providence | A |
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My soul thy great Creator praise | B |
When clothed in his celestial rays | B |
He in full majesty appears | C |
And like a robe his glory wears | D |
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The heav'ns are for his curtains spread | E |
The unfathomed deep he makes his bed | E |
Clouds are his chariot when he flies | F |
On winged storms across the skies | F |
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Angels whom his own breath inspires | G |
His ministers are flaming fires | H |
And swift as thought their armies move | I |
To bear his vengeance or his love | J |
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The world's foundations by his hand | K |
Are poised and shall for ever stand | K |
He binds the ocean in his chain | L |
Lest it should drown the earth again | M |
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When earth was covered with the flood | N |
Which high above the mountains stood | O |
He thundered and the ocean fled | E |
Confined to its appointed bed | E |
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The swelling billows know their bound | P |
And in their channels walk their round | P |
Yet thence conveyed by secret veins | Q |
They spring on hills and drench the plains | Q |
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He bids the crystal fountains flow | R |
And cheer the valleys as they go | R |
Tame heifers there their thirst allay | S |
And for the stream wild asses bray | S |
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From pleasant trees which shade the brink | T |
The lark and linnet light to drink | T |
Their songs the lark and linnet raise | B |
And chide our silence in his praise | B |
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PAUSE I | U |
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God from his cloudy cistern pours | V |
On the parched earth enriching showers | H |
The grove the garden and the field | W |
A thousand joyful blessings yield | W |
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He makes the grassy food arise | F |
And gives the cattle large supplies | F |
With herbs for man of various power | X |
To nourish nature or to dire | Y |
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What noble fruit the vines produce | Z |
The olive yields a shining juice | Z |
Our hearts are cheered with gen'rous wine | A2 |
With inward joy our faces shine | A2 |
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O bless his name ye Britons fed | E |
With nature's chief supporter bread | E |
While bread your vital strength imparts | B2 |
Serve him with vigor in your hearts | B2 |
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PAUSE II | U |
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Behold the stately cedar stands | C2 |
Raised in the forest by his hands | C2 |
Birds to the boughs for shelter fly | U |
And build their nests secure on high | U |
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To craggy hills ascends the goat | D2 |
And at the airy mountain's foot | E2 |
The feebler creatures make their cell | F2 |
He gives them wisdom where to dwell | F2 |
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He sets the sun his circling race | G2 |
Appoints the moon to change her face | G2 |
And when thick darkness veils the day | S |
Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey | S |
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Fierce lions lead their young abroad | H2 |
And roaring ask their meat from God | I2 |
But when the morning beams arise | F |
The savage beast to covert flies | F |
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Then man to daily labor goes | J2 |
The night was made for his repose | J2 |
Sleep is thy gift that sweet relief | K2 |
From tiresome toil and wasting grief | K2 |
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How strange thy works how great thy skill | L2 |
And every land thy riches fill | L2 |
Thy wisdom round the world we see | M2 |
This spacious earth is full of thee | M2 |
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Nor less thy glories in the deep | N2 |
Where fish in millions swim and creep | N2 |
With wondrous motions swift or slow | R |
Still wand'ring in the paths below | R |
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There ships divide their wat'ry way | S |
And flocks of scaly monsters play | S |
There dwells the huge leviathan | O2 |
And foams and sports in spite of man | P2 |
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PAUSE III | U |
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Vast are thy works Almighty Lord | Q2 |
All nature rests upon thy word | R2 |
And the whole race of creatures stands | C2 |
Waiting their portion from thy hands | C2 |
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While each receives his diff'rent food | S2 |
Their cheerful looks pronounce it good | O |
Eagles and bears and whales and worms | T2 |
Rejoice and praise in diff'rent forms | U2 |
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But when thy face is hid they mourn | V2 |
And dying to their dust return | W2 |
Both man and beast their souls resign | A2 |
Life breath and spirit all is thine | A2 |
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Yet thou canst breathe on dust again | M |
And fill the world with beasts and men | M |
A word of thy creating breath | X2 |
Repairs the wastes of time and death | X2 |
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His works the wonders of his might | Y2 |
Are honored with his own delight | Y2 |
How aweful are his glorious ways | B |
The Lord is dreadful in his praise | B |
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The earth stands trembling at thy stroke | Z2 |
And at thy touch the mountains smoke | Z2 |
Yet humble souls may see thy face | G2 |
And tell their wants to sovereign grace | G2 |
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In thee my hopes and wishes meet | A3 |
And make my meditations sweet | A3 |
Thy praises shall my breath employ | B3 |
Till it expire in endless joy | B3 |
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While haughty sinners die accursed | A3 |
Their glory buried with their dust | A3 |
I to my God my heav'nly King | C3 |
Immortal hallelujahs sing | C3 |
Isaac Watts
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