Psalm 121 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EFGH IIJJ KKBB IILL MMNN OOPEDivine protection | A |
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Up to the hills I lift mine eyes | B |
Th' eternal hills beyond the skies | B |
Thence all her help my soul derives | C |
There my Almighty refuge lives | D |
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He lives the everlasting God | E |
That built the world that spread the flood | F |
The heav'ns with all their hosts he made | G |
And the dark regions of the dead | H |
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He guides our feet he guards our way | I |
His morning smiles bless all the day | I |
He spreads the evening veil and keeps | J |
The silent hours while Isr'el sleeps | J |
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Isr'el a name divinely blest | K |
May rise secure securely rest | K |
Thy holy Guardian's wakeful eyes | B |
Admit no slumber nor surprise | B |
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No sun shall smite thy head by day | I |
Nor the pale moon with sickly ray | I |
Shall blast thy couch no baleful star | L |
Dart his malignant fire so far | L |
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Should earth and hell with malice burn | M |
Still thou shalt go and still return | M |
Safe in the Lord his heav'nly care | N |
Defends thy life from every snare | N |
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On thee foul spirits have no power | O |
And in thy last departing hour | O |
Angels that trace the airy road | P |
Shall bear thee homeward to thy God | E |
Isaac Watts
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