Psalm 142 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFB FHFI JKJK LMLMGod is the hope of the helpless | A |
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To God I made my sorrows known | B |
From God I sought relief | C |
In long complaints before his throne | B |
I poured out all my grief | C |
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My soul was overwhelmed with woes | D |
My heart began to break | E |
My God who all my burden knows | D |
He knows the way I take | E |
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On every side I cast mine eye | F |
And found my helpers gone | G |
While friends and strangers passed me by | F |
Neglected or unknown | B |
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Then did I raise a louder cry | F |
And called thy mercy near | H |
Thou art my portion when I die | F |
Be thou my refuge here | I |
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Lord I am brought exceeding low | J |
Now let thine ear attend | K |
And make my foes who vex me know | J |
I've an almighty Friend | K |
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From my sad prison set me free | L |
Then shall I praise thy name | M |
And holy men shall join with me | L |
Thy kindness to proclaim | M |
Isaac Watts
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