Psalm 13 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC DDEF GGHH IIJJ KLMM GGNN| Pleading with God under desertion | A |
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| How long O Lord shall I complain | B |
| Like one that seeks his God in vain | B |
| Canst thou thy face for ever hide | C |
| And I still pray and be denied | C |
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| Shall I for ever be forgot | D |
| As one whom thou regardest not | D |
| Still shall my soul thine absence mourn | E |
| And still despair of thy return | F |
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| How long shall my poor troubled breast | G |
| Be with these anxious thoughts oppressed | G |
| And Satan my malicious foe | H |
| Rejoice to see me sunk so low | H |
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| Hear Lord and grant me quick relief | I |
| Before my death conclude my grief | I |
| If thou withhold thy heav'nly light | J |
| I sleep in everlasting night | J |
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| How will the powers of darkness boast | K |
| If but one praying soul be lost | L |
| But I have trusted in thy grace | M |
| And shall again behold thy face | M |
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| Whate'er my fears or foes suggest | G |
| Thou art my hope my joy my rest | G |
| My heart shall feel thy love and raise | N |
| My cheerful voice to songs of praise | N |
Isaac Watts
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