Psalm 146 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHH IIJJ KKLL MNOO PPQR SSTT| Praise to God for his goodness and truth | A |
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| Praise ye the Lord my heart shall join | B |
| In work so pleasant so divine | C |
| Now while the flesh is mine abode | D |
| And when my soul ascends to God | E |
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| Praise shall employ my noblest powers | F |
| While immortality endures | G |
| My days of praise shall ne'er be past | H |
| While life and thought and being last | H |
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| Why should I make a man my trust | I |
| Princes must die and turn to dust | I |
| Their breath departs their pomp and power | J |
| And thoughts all vanish in an hour | J |
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| Happy the man whose hopes rely | K |
| On Isr'el's God he made the sky | K |
| And earth and seas with all their train | L |
| And none shall find his promise vain | L |
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| His truth for ever stands secure | M |
| He saves th' oppressed he feeds the poor | N |
| He sends the lab'ring conscience peace | O |
| And grants the pris'ner sweet release | O |
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| The Lord hath eyes to give the blind | P |
| The Lord supports the sinking mind | P |
| He helps the stranger in distress | Q |
| The widow and the fatherless | R |
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| He loves his saints he knows them well | S |
| But turns the wicked down to hell | S |
| Thy God O Zion ever reigns | T |
| Praise him in everlasting strains | T |
Isaac Watts
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