Psalm 18 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDEF GHII JJKK LLMN OOPP QQRS| v | A |
| L M | B |
| Sincerity proved and rewarded | C |
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| Lord thou hast seen my soul sincere | D |
| Hast made thy truth and love appear | D |
| Before mine eyes I set thy laws | E |
| And thou hast owned my righteous cause | F |
| - | |
| Since I have learned thy holy ways | G |
| I've walked upright before thy face | H |
| Or if my feet did e'er depart | I |
| 'Twas never with a wicked heart | I |
| - | |
| What sore temptations broke my rest | J |
| What wars and strugglings in my breast | J |
| But through thy grace that reigns within | K |
| I guard against my darling sin | K |
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| That sin which close besets me still | L |
| That works and strives against my will | L |
| When shall thy Spirit's sovereign power | M |
| Destroy it that it rise no more | N |
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| With an impartial hand the Lord | O |
| Deals out to mortals their reward | O |
| The kind and faithful souls shall find | P |
| A God as faithful and as kind | P |
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| The just and pure shall ever say | Q |
| Thou art more pure more just than they | Q |
| And men that love revenge shall know | R |
| God hath an arm of vengeance too | S |
Isaac Watts
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