Psalm 44 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHIH JKJK LELE MHNH OPOP Q RSRQ TETE UVWV XYXY LMLZv | A |
C M | B |
The church's complaint in persecution | C |
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Lord we have heard thy works of old | D |
Thy works of power and grace | E |
When to our ears our fathers told | D |
The wonders of their days | F |
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How thou didst build thy churches here | G |
And make thy gospel known | H |
Amongst them did thine arm appear | I |
Thy light and glory shone | H |
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In God they boasted all the day | J |
And in a cheerful throng | K |
Did thousands meet to praise and pray | J |
And grace was all their song | K |
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But now our souls are seized with shame | L |
Confusion fills our face | E |
To hear the enemy blaspheme | L |
And fools reproach thy grace | E |
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Yet have we not forgot our God | M |
Nor falsely dealt with heav'n | H |
Nor have our steps declined the road | N |
Of duty thou hast giv'n | H |
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Though dragons all around us roar | O |
With their destructive breath | P |
And thine own hand has bruised us sore | O |
Hard by the gates of death | P |
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PAUSE | Q |
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We are exposed all day to die | R |
As martyrs for thy cause | S |
As sheep for slaughter bound we lie | R |
By sharp and bloody laws | Q |
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Awake arise Almighty Lord | T |
Why sleeps thy wonted grace | E |
Why should we look like men abhorred | T |
Or banished from thy face | E |
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Wilt thou for ever cast us off | U |
And still neglect our cries | V |
For ever hide thine heav'nly love | W |
From our afflicted eyes | V |
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Down to the dust our soul is bowed | X |
And dies upon the ground | Y |
Rise for our help rebuke the proud | X |
And all their powers confound | Y |
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Redeem us from perpetual shame | L |
Our Savior and our God | M |
We plead the honors of thy name | L |
The merits of thy blood | Z |
Isaac Watts
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