Psalm 55 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHGI JKJK LMNM OPOQ RSRS T UVUV WXWX YRZR A2B2C2B2v | 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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