Psalm 31 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGFG DHDH FIFI J KLKM NFOF PQRQ| v | A |
| C M | B |
| Deliverance from slander and reproach | C |
| - | |
| My heart rejoices in thy name | D |
| My God my help my trust | E |
| Thou hast preserved my face from shame | D |
| Mine honor from the dust | E |
| - | |
| My life is spent with grief I cried | F |
| My years consumed in groans | G |
| My strength decays mine eyes are dried | F |
| And sorrow wastes my bones | G |
| - | |
| Among mine enemies my name | D |
| Was a mere proverb grown | H |
| While to my neighbors I became | D |
| Forgotten and unknown | H |
| - | |
| Slander and fear on every side | F |
| Seized and beset me round | I |
| I to the throne of grace applied | F |
| And speedy rescue found | I |
| - | |
| PAUSE | J |
| - | |
| How great deliverance thou hast wrought | K |
| Before the sons of men | L |
| The lying lips to silence brought | K |
| And made their boastings vain | M |
| - | |
| Thy children from the strife of tongues | N |
| Shall thy pavilion hide | F |
| Guard them from infamy and wrongs | O |
| And crush the sons of pride | F |
| - | |
| Within thy secret presence Lord | P |
| Let me for ever dwell | Q |
| No fenced city walled and barred | R |
| Secures a saint so well | Q |
Isaac Watts
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