Psalm 121 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD EFGH IIJJ KKBB IILL MMNN OOPE| Divine 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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