Psalm 127 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EEFF GGHI JJKL| The blessing of God on the business and comforts of life | A |
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| If God succeed not all the cost | B |
| And pains to build the house are lost | C |
| If God the city will not keep | D |
| The watchful guards as well may sleep | D |
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| What if you rise before the sun | E |
| And work and toil when day is done | E |
| Careful and sparing eat your bread | F |
| To shun that poverty you dread | F |
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| 'Tis all in vain till God hath blessed | G |
| He can make rich yet give us rest | G |
| Children and friends are blessings too | H |
| If God our Sovereign make them so | I |
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| Happy the man to whom he sends | J |
| Obedient children faithful friends | J |
| How sweet our daily comforts prove | K |
| When they are seasoned with his love | L |
Isaac Watts
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