Psalm 107 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEE FFGG HHII JJGG KKLM NNOO DDPPIsrael led to Canaan and Christians to heaven | A |
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Give thanks to God he reigns above | B |
Kind are his thoughts his name is Love | B |
His mercy ages past have known | C |
And ages long to come shall own | C |
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Let the redeemed of the Lord | D |
The wonders of his grace record | D |
Isr'el the nation whom he chose | E |
And rescued from their mighty foes | E |
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When God's almighty arm had broke | F |
Their fetters and th' Egyptian yoke | F |
They traced the desert wand'ring round | G |
A wild and solitary ground | G |
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There they could find no leading road | H |
Nor city for a fixed abode | H |
Nor food nor fountain to assuage | I |
Their burning thirst or hunger's rage | I |
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In their distress to God they cried | J |
God was their Savior and their Guide | J |
He led their march far wand'ring round | G |
'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground | G |
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Thus when our first release we gain | K |
From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain | K |
We have this desert world to pass | L |
A dangerous and a tiresome place | M |
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He feeds and clothes us all the way | N |
He guides our footsteps lest we stray | N |
He guards us with a powerful hand | O |
And brings us to the heav'nly land | O |
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O let the saints with joy record | D |
The truth and goodness of the Lord | D |
How great his works how kind his ways | P |
Let every tongue pronounce his praise | P |
Isaac Watts
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