Psalm 105 Abridged Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGHG IJIK CLCL MNMM OPOP QRQS T UMUM BMVM WMWM XYZY A2MA2M QRQS T MMMM B2MB2M C2D2E2Y F2CG2H2 MMMM QRQSGod's conduct of Israel and the plagues of Egypt | A |
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Give thanks to God invoke his name | B |
And tell the world his grace | C |
Sound through the earth his deeds of fame | B |
That all may seek his face | C |
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His cov'nant which he kept in mind | D |
For num'rous ages past | E |
To num'rous ages yet behind | D |
In equal force shall last | E |
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He sware to Abraham and his seed | F |
And made the blessing sure | G |
Gentiles the ancient promise read | H |
And find his truth endure | G |
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Thy seed shall make all nations blest | I |
Said the Almighty voice | J |
And Canaan's land shall be their rest | I |
The type of heav'nly joys | K |
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How large the grant how rich the grace | C |
To give them Canaan's land | L |
When they were strangers in the place | C |
A little feeble band | L |
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Like pilgrims through the countries round | M |
Securely they removed | N |
And haughty kings that on them frowned | M |
Severely he reproved | M |
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Touch mine anointed and my arm | O |
Shall soon revenge the wrong | P |
The man that does my prophets harm | O |
Shall know their God is strong | P |
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Then let the world forbear its rage | Q |
Nor put the church in fear | R |
Isr'el must live through every age | Q |
And be th' Almighty's care | S |
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PAUSE I | T |
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When Pharaoh dared to vex the saints | U |
And thus provoked their God | M |
Moses was sent at their complaints | U |
Armed with his dreadful rod | M |
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He called for darkness darkness came | B |
Like an o'erwhelming flood | M |
He turned each lake and every stream | V |
To lakes and streams of blood | M |
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He gave the sign and noisome flies | W |
Through the whole country spread | M |
And frogs in croaking armies rise | W |
About the monarch's bed | M |
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Through fields and towns and palaces | X |
The tenfold vengeance flew | Y |
Locusts in swarms devoured their trees | Z |
And hail their cattle slew | Y |
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Then by an angel's midnight stroke | A2 |
The flower of Egypt died | M |
The strength of every house was broke | A2 |
Their glory and their pride | M |
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Now let the world forbear its rage | Q |
Nor put the church in fear | R |
Isr'el must live through every age | Q |
And be th' Almighty's care | S |
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PAUSE II | T |
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Thus were the tribes from bondage brought | M |
And left the hated ground | M |
Each some Egyptian spoils had got | M |
And not one feeble found | M |
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The Lord himself chose out their way | B2 |
And marked their journeys right | M |
Gave them a leading cloud by day | B2 |
A fiery guide by night | M |
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They thirst and waters from the rock | C2 |
In rich abundance flow | D2 |
And following still the course they took | E2 |
Ran all the desert through | Y |
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O wondrous stream O blessed type | F2 |
Of ever flowing grace | C |
So Christ our Rock maintains our life | G2 |
Through all this wilderness | H2 |
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Thus guarded by th' Almighty hand | M |
The chosen tribes possessed | M |
Canaan the rich the promised land | M |
And there enjoyed their rest | M |
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Then let the world forbear its rage | Q |
The church renounce her fear | R |
Isr'el must live through every age | Q |
And be th' Almighty's care | S |
Isaac Watts
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