Psalm 58 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFD GGHIJH KLMNOP IQRSST UUVWWV XXYUUYWarning to magistrates | A |
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Judges who rule the world by laws | B |
Will ye despise the righteous cause | C |
When th' injured poor before you stands | D |
Dare ye condemn the righteous poor | E |
And let rich sinners 'scape secure | F |
While gold and greatness bribe your hands | D |
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Have ye forgot or never knew | G |
That God will judge the judges too | G |
High in the heav'ns his justice reigns | H |
Yet you invade the rights of God | I |
And send your bold decrees abroad | J |
To bind the conscience in your chains | H |
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A poisoned arrow is your tongue | K |
The arrow sharp the poison strong | L |
And death attends where'er it wounds | M |
You hear no counsels cries or tears | N |
So the deaf adder stops her ears | O |
Against the power of charming sounds | P |
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Break out their teeth eternal God | I |
Those teeth of lions dyed in blood | Q |
And crush the serpents in the dust | R |
As empty chaff when whirlwinds rise | S |
Before the sweeping tempest flies | S |
So let their hopes and names be lost | T |
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Th' Almighty thunders from the sky | U |
Their grandeur melts their titles die | U |
As hills of snow dissolve and run | V |
Or snails that perish in their slime | W |
Or births that come before their time | W |
Vain births that never see the sun | V |
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Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord | X |
Safety and joy to saints afford | X |
And all that hear shall join and say | Y |
Sure there's a God that rules on high | U |
A God that hears his children cry | U |
And will their suff'rings well repay | Y |
Isaac Watts
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