Psalm 44 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHIH JKJK LELE MHNH OPOP Q RSRQ TETE UVWV XYXY LMLZ| v | A |
| C M | B |
| The church's complaint in persecution | C |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| PAUSE | Q |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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