Psalm 119 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCE FGHG B IJIJ B KLML B NNNN B OPOQThe blessedness of saints and misery of sinners | A |
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ver | B |
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Blest are the undefiled in heart | C |
Whose ways are right and clean | D |
Who never from thy law depart | C |
But fly from every sin | E |
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Blest are the men that keep thy word | F |
And practise thy commands | G |
With their whole heart they seek the Lord | H |
And serve thee with their hands | G |
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ver | B |
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Great is their peace who love thy law | I |
How firm their souls abide | J |
Nor can a bold temptation draw | I |
Their steady feet aside | J |
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ver | B |
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Then shall my heart have inward joy | K |
And keep my face from shame | L |
When all thy statutes I obey | M |
And honor all thy name | L |
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ver | B |
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But haughty sinners God will hate | N |
The proud shall die accursed | N |
The sons of falsehood and deceit | N |
Are trodden to the dust | N |
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ver | B |
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Vile as the dross the wicked are | O |
And those that leave thy ways | P |
Shall see salvation from afar | O |
But never taste thy grace | Q |
Isaac Watts
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