Psalm 51 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EFGG HIJJ KFLL MMNN OPQQA penitent pleading for pardon | A |
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Show pity Lord O Lord forgive | B |
Let a repenting rebel live | C |
Are not thy mercies large and free | D |
May not a sinner trust in thee | D |
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My crimes are great but not surpass | E |
The power and glory of thy grace | F |
Great God thy nature hath no bound | G |
So let thy pard'ning love be found | G |
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O wash my soul from every sin | H |
And make my guilty conscience clean | I |
Here on my heart the burden lies | J |
And past offences pain my eyes | J |
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My lips with shame my sins confess | K |
Against thy law against thy grace | F |
Lord should thy judgment grow severe | L |
I am condemned but thou art clear | L |
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Should sudden vengeance seize my breath | M |
I must pronounce thee just in death | M |
And if my soul were sent to hell | N |
Thy righteous law approves it well | N |
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Yet save a trembling sinner Lord | O |
Whose hope still hov'ring round thy word | P |
Would light on some sweet promise there | Q |
Some sure support against despair | Q |
Isaac Watts
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