Psalm 18 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFE GHIH JCJC KLML NOPK QRSR TUVU WXWX| v | A |
| L M | B |
| Deliverance from despair | C |
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| Thee will I love O Lord my strength | D |
| My rock my tower my high defence | E |
| Thy mighty arm shall be my trust | F |
| For I have found salvation thence | E |
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| Death and the terrors of the grave | G |
| Stood round me with their dismal shade | H |
| While floods of high temptations rose | I |
| And made my sinking soul afraid | H |
| - | |
| I saw the op'ning gates of hell | J |
| With endless pains and sorrows there | C |
| Which none but they that feel can tell | J |
| While I was hurried to despair | C |
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| In my distress I called my God | K |
| When I could scarce believe him mine | L |
| He bowed his ear to my complaint | M |
| Then did his grace appear divine | L |
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| With speed he flew to my relief | N |
| As on a cherub's wing he rode | O |
| Awful and bright as lightning shone | P |
| The face of my deliverer God | K |
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| Temptations fled at his rebuke | Q |
| The blast of his almighty breath | R |
| He sent salvation from on high | S |
| And drew me from the deeps of death | R |
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| Great were my fears my foes were great | T |
| Much was their strength and more their rage | U |
| But Christ my Lord is conqueror still | V |
| In all the wars that devils wage | U |
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| My song for ever shall record | W |
| That terrible that joyful hour | X |
| And give the glory to the Lord | W |
| Due to his mercy and his power | X |
Isaac Watts
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