Psalm 37 Part 3 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGHI JKJL DMNM O PQPR SPST UVFVv | A |
C M | B |
The way and end of the righteous and the wicked | C |
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My God the steps of pious men | D |
Are ordered by thy will | E |
Though they should fall they rise again | D |
Thy hand supports them still | E |
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The Lord delights to see their ways | F |
Their virtue he approves | G |
He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace | H |
Nor leave the men he loves | I |
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The heav'nly heritage is theirs | J |
Their portion and their home | K |
He feeds them now and makes them heirs | J |
Of blessings long to come | L |
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Wait on the Lord ye sons of men | D |
Nor fear when tyrants frown | M |
Ye shall confess their pride was vain | N |
When justice casts them down | M |
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PAUSE | O |
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The haughty sinner have I seen | P |
Nor fearing man nor God | Q |
Like a tall bay tree fair and green | P |
Spreading his arms abroad | R |
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And lo he vanished from the ground | S |
Destroyed by hands unseen | P |
Nor root nor branch nor leaf was found | S |
Where all that pride had been | T |
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But mark the man of righteousness | U |
His several steps attend | V |
True pleasure runs through all his ways | F |
And peaceful is his end | V |
Isaac Watts
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