Psalm 55 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHGI JKJK LMNM OPOQ RSRS T UVUV WXWX YRZR A2B2C2B2| v | A |
| C M | B |
| Support for the afflicted and tempted soul | C |
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| O God my refuge hear my cries | D |
| Behold my flowing tears | E |
| For earth and hell my hurt devise | D |
| And triumph in my fears | F |
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| Their rage is leveled at my life | G |
| My soul with guilt they load | H |
| And fill my thoughts with inward strife | G |
| To shake my hope in God | I |
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| With inward pain my heart strings sound | J |
| I groan with ev'ry breath | K |
| Horror and fear beset me round | J |
| Amongst the shades of death | K |
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| O were I like a feathered dove | L |
| And innocence had wings | M |
| I'd fly and make a long remove | N |
| From all these restless things | M |
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| Let me to some wild desert go | O |
| And find a peaceful home | P |
| Where storms of malice never blow | O |
| Temptations never come | Q |
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| Vain hopes and vain inventions all | R |
| To 'scape the rage of hell | S |
| The mighty God on whom I call | R |
| Can save me here as well | S |
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| PAUSE | T |
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| By morning light I'll seek his face | U |
| At noon repeat my cry | V |
| The night shall hear me ask his grace | U |
| Nor will he long deny | V |
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| God shall preserve my soul from fear | W |
| Or shield me when afraid | X |
| Ten thousand angels must appear | W |
| If he command their aid | X |
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| I cast my burdens on the Lord | Y |
| The Lord sustains them all | R |
| My courage rests upon his word | Z |
| That saints shall never fall | R |
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| My highest hopes shall not be vain | A2 |
| My lips shall spread his praise | B2 |
| While cruel and deceitful men | C2 |
| Scarce live out half their days | B2 |
Isaac Watts
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