Psalm 143 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EFGH AAIJ KLFF MNOP QRST UUVV WXYY VVZZ A2A2B2B C2C2TT PPD2D2| Complaint of heavy afflictions in mind and body | A |
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| My righteous Judge my gracious God | B |
| Hear when I spread my hands abroad | C |
| And cry for succor from thy throne | D |
| O make thy truth and mercy known | D |
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| Let judgment not against me pass | E |
| Behold thy servant pleads thy grace | F |
| Should justice call us to thy bar | G |
| No man alive is guiltless there | H |
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| Look down in pity Lord and see | A |
| The mighty woes that burden me | A |
| Down to the dust my life is brought | I |
| Like one long buried and forgot | J |
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| I dwell in darkness and unseen | K |
| My heart is desolate within | L |
| My thoughts in musing silence trace | F |
| The ancient wonders of thy grace | F |
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| Thence I derive a glimpse of hope | M |
| To bear my sinking spirits up | N |
| I stretch my hands to God again | O |
| And thirst like parched lands for rain | P |
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| For thee I thirst I pray I mourn | Q |
| When will thy smiling face return | R |
| Shall all my joys on earth remove | S |
| And God for ever hide his love | T |
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| My God thy long delay to save | U |
| Will sink thy pris'ner to the grave | U |
| My heart grows faint and dim mine eye | V |
| Make haste to help before I die | V |
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| The night is witness to my tears | W |
| Distressing pains distressing fears | X |
| O might I hear thy morning voice | Y |
| How would my wearied powers rejoice | Y |
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| In thee I trust to thee I sigh | V |
| And lift my heavy soul on high | V |
| For thee sit waiting all the day | Z |
| And wear the tiresome hours away | Z |
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| Break off my fetters Lord and show | A2 |
| Which is the path my feet should go | A2 |
| If snares and foes beset the road | B2 |
| I flee to hide me near my God | B |
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| Teach me to do thy holy will | C2 |
| And lead me to thy heav'nly hill | C2 |
| Let the good Spirit of thy love | T |
| Conduct me to thy courts above | T |
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| Then shall my soul no more complain | P |
| The tempter then shall rage in vain | P |
| And flesh that was my foe before | D2 |
| Shall never vex my spirit more | D2 |
Isaac Watts
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