Psalm 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGHI JCKC LMNO JPQR S TUVU WXYZ A2B2C2B2 D2PD2R E2F2E2F2Christ dying rising interceding and reigning | A |
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Acts etc | B |
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Maker and sovereign Lord | C |
Of heav'n and earth and seas | D |
Thy providence confirms thy word | E |
And answers thy decrees | D |
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The things so long foretold | F |
By David are fulfilled | G |
When Jews and Gentiles joined to slay | H |
Jesus thine holy child | I |
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Why did the Gentiles rage | J |
And Jews with one accord | C |
Bend all their counsels to destroy | K |
Th' Anointed of the Lord | C |
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Rulers and kings agree | L |
To form a vain design | M |
Against the Lord their powers unite | N |
Against his Christ they join | O |
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The Lord derides their rage | J |
And will support his throne | P |
He that hath raised him from the dead | Q |
Hath owned him for his Son | R |
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PAUSE | S |
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Now he's ascended high | T |
And asks to rule the earth | U |
The merit of his blood he pleads | V |
And pleads his heav'nly birth | U |
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He asks and God bestows | W |
A large inheritance | X |
Far as the world's remotest ends | Y |
His kingdom shall advance | Z |
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The nations that rebel | A2 |
Must feel his iron rod | B2 |
He'll vindicate those honors well | C2 |
Which he received from God | B2 |
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Be wise ye rulers now | D2 |
And worship at his throne | P |
With trembling joy ye people bow | D2 |
To God's exalted Son | R |
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If once his wrath arise | E2 |
Ye perish on the place | F2 |
Then blessed is the soul that flies | E2 |
For refuge to his grace | F2 |
Isaac Watts
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