Psalm 40 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHIH JKJK LMNO PQRS KTKU V WXYZ WA2B2C2v | A |
C M | B |
The incarnation and sacrifice of Christ | C |
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Thus saith the Lord Your work is vain | D |
Give your burnt offerings o'er | E |
In dying goats and bullocks slain | D |
My soul delights no more | F |
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Then spake the Savior Lo I'm here | G |
My God to do thy will | H |
Whate'er thy sacred books declare | I |
Thy servant shall fulfil | H |
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Thy law is ever in my sight | J |
I keep it near my heart | K |
Mine ears are opened with delight | J |
To what thy lips impart | K |
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And see the blest Redeemer comes | L |
Th' eternal Son appears | M |
And at th' appointed time assumes | N |
The body God prepares | O |
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Much he revealed his Father's grace | P |
And much his truth he showed | Q |
And preached the way of righteousness | R |
Where great assemblies stood | S |
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His Father's honor touched his heart | K |
He pitied sinners' cries | T |
And to fulfil a Savior's part | K |
Was made a sacrifice | U |
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PAUSE | V |
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No blood of beasts on altars shed | W |
Could wash the conscience clean | X |
But the rich sacrifice he paid | Y |
Atones for all our sin | Z |
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Then was the great salvation spread | W |
And Satan's kingdom shook | A2 |
Thus by the woman's promised seed | B2 |
The serpent's head was broke | C2 |
Isaac Watts
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