Psalm 40 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDEE FFGC HHIJ GGKL AAMM NNOO PQRQv | A |
L M | B |
Christ our sacrifice | C |
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The wonders Lord thy love has wrought | D |
Exceed our praise surmount our thought | D |
Should I attempt the long detail | E |
My speech would faint my numbers fail | E |
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No blood of beasts on altars spilt | F |
Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt | F |
But thou hast set before our eyes | G |
An all sufficient sacrifice | C |
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Lo thine eternal Son appears | H |
To thy designs he bows his ears | H |
Assumes a body well prepared | I |
And well performs a work so hard | J |
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quot Behold I come quot the Savior cries | G |
With love and duty in his eyes | G |
quot I come to bear the heavy load | K |
Of sins and do thy will my God | L |
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quot 'Tis written in thy great decree | A |
'Tis in thy book foretold of me | A |
I must fulfil the Savior's part | M |
And lo thy law is in my heart | M |
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quot I'll magnify thy holy law | N |
And rebels to obedience draw | N |
When on my cross I'm lifted high | O |
Or to my crown above the sky | O |
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quot The Spirit shall descend and show | P |
What thou hast done and what I do | Q |
The wond'ring world shall learn thy grace | R |
Thy wisdom and thy righteousness quot | Q |
Isaac Watts
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