Psalm 58 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFD GGHIJH KLMNOP IQRSST UUVWWV XXYUUY| Warning 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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