Psalm 65 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDEE FFGG HIJJ KKLL MMNN OOPP QQRS TTUU OOVV WWTX QQYZ A2A2B2B2| v | A |
| L M | B |
| Divine providence in air earth and sea | A |
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| The God of our salvation hears | C |
| The groans of Zion mixed with tears | D |
| Yet when he comes with kind designs | E |
| Through all the way his terror shines | E |
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| On him the race of man depends | F |
| Far as the earth's remotest ends | F |
| Where the Creator's name is known | G |
| By nature's feeble light alone | G |
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| Sailors that travel o'er the flood | H |
| Address their frighted souls to God | I |
| When tempests rage and billows roar | J |
| At dreadful distance from the shore | J |
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| He bids the noisy tempests cease | K |
| He calms the raging crowd to peace | K |
| When a tumultuous nation raves | L |
| Wild as the winds and loud as waves | L |
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| Whole kingdoms shaken by the storm | M |
| He settles in a peaceful form | M |
| Mountains established by his hand | N |
| Firm on their old foundations stand | N |
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| Behold his ensigns sweep the sky | O |
| New comets blaze and lightnings fly | O |
| The heathen lands with swift surprise | P |
| From the bright horrors turn their eyes | P |
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| At his command the morning ray | Q |
| Smiles in the east and leads the day | Q |
| He guides the sun's declining wheels | R |
| Over the tops of western hills | S |
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| Seasons and times obey his voice | T |
| The ev'ning and the morn rejoice | T |
| To see the earth made soft with showers | U |
| Laden with fruit and dressed in flowers | U |
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| 'Tis from his wat'ry stores on high | O |
| He gives the thirsty ground supply | O |
| He walks upon the clouds and thence | V |
| Doth his enriching drops dispense | V |
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| The desert grows a fruitful field | W |
| Abundant food the valleys yield | W |
| The valleys shout with cheerful voice | T |
| And neighb'ring hills repeat their joys | X |
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| The pastures smile in green array | Q |
| There lambs and larger cattle play | Q |
| The larger cattle and the lamb | Y |
| Each in his language speaks thy name | Z |
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| Thy works pronounce thy power divine | A2 |
| O'er every field thy glories shine | A2 |
| Through every month thy gifts appear | B2 |
| Great God thy goodness crowns the year | B2 |
Isaac Watts
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