Psalm 115 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AAAA BCBD EFGF HAHA AAAA IJKJ LAMA NOPO| The true God our refuge or Idolatry reproved | A |
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| Not to ourselves who are but dust | A |
| Not to ourselves is glory due | A |
| Eternal God thou only just | A |
| Thou only gracious wise and true | A |
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| Shine forth in all thy dreadful name | B |
| Why should a heathen's haughty tongue | C |
| Insult us and to raise our shame | B |
| Say Where's the God you've served so long | D |
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| The God we serve maintains his throne | E |
| Above the clouds beyond the skies | F |
| Through all the earth his will is done | G |
| He knows our groans he hears our cries | F |
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| But the vain idols they adore | H |
| Are senseless shapes of stone and wood | A |
| At best a mass of glitt'ring ore | H |
| A silver saint or golden god | A |
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| With eyes and ears they carve their head | A |
| Deaf are their ears their eyes are blind | A |
| In vain are costly off'rings made | A |
| And vows are scattered in the wind | A |
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| Their feet were never made to move | I |
| Nor hands to save when mortals pray | J |
| Mortals that pay them fear or love | K |
| Seem to be blind and deaf as they | J |
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| O Isr'el make the Lord thy hope | L |
| Thy help thy refuge and thy rest | A |
| The Lord shall build thy ruins up | M |
| And bless the people and the priest | A |
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| The dead no more can speak thy praise | N |
| They dwell in silence and the grave | O |
| But we shall live to sing thy grace | P |
| And tell the world thy power to save | O |
Isaac Watts
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