Psalm 11 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHGI JKLM NONO PLPQ| God loves the righteous and hates the wicked | A |
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| My refuge is the God of love | B |
| Why do my foes insult and cry | C |
| Fly like a tim'rous trembling dove | B |
| To distant woods or mountains fly | C |
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| If government be all destroyed | D |
| That firm foundation of our peace | E |
| And violence make justice void | D |
| Where shall the righteous seek redress | F |
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| The Lord in heav'n has fixed his throne | G |
| His eye surveys the world below | H |
| To him all mortal things are known | G |
| His eyelids search our spirits through | I |
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| If he afflicts his saints so far | J |
| To prove their love and try their grace | K |
| What may the bold transgressors fear | L |
| His very soul abhors their ways | M |
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| On impious wretches he shall rain | N |
| Tempests of brimstone fire and death | O |
| Such as he kindled on the plain | N |
| Of Sodom with his angry breath | O |
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| The righteous Lord loves righteous souls | P |
| Whose thoughts and actions are sincere | L |
| And with a gracious eye beholds | P |
| The men that his own image bear | Q |
Isaac Watts
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