Psalm 130 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCAD EFGF HGIG JKLK MNMN AOAO PAPA QRSR| Pardoning grace | A |
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| Out of the deeps of long distress | B |
| The borders of despair | C |
| I sent my cries to seek thy grace | A |
| My groans to move thine ear | D |
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| Great God should thy severer eye | E |
| And thine impartial hand | F |
| Mark and revenge iniquity | G |
| No mortal flesh could stand | F |
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| But there are pardons with my God | H |
| For crimes of high degree | G |
| Thy Son has bought them with his blood | I |
| To draw us near to thee | G |
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| I wait for thy salvation Lord | J |
| With strong desires I wait | K |
| My soul invited by thy word | L |
| Stands watching at thy gate | K |
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| Just as the guards that keep the night | M |
| Long for the morning skies | N |
| Watch the first beams of breaking light | M |
| And meet them with their eyes | N |
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| So waits my soul to see thy grace | A |
| And more intent than they | O |
| Meets the first openings of thy face | A |
| And finds a brighter day | O |
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| Then in the Lord let Isr'el trust | P |
| Let Isr'el seek his face | A |
| The Lord is good as well as just | P |
| And plenteous is his grace | A |
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| There's full redemption at his throne | Q |
| For sinners long enslaved | R |
| The great Redeemer is his Son | S |
| And Isr'el shall be saved | R |
Isaac Watts
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