Psalm 69 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFE GHIH JKJK LMNM OPQP ARSR PTMT UVWX YZA2Z RB2C2B2| v | A |
| C M | B |
| The passion and exaltation of Christ | C |
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| Now let our lips with holy fear | D |
| And mournful pleasure sing | E |
| The suff'rings of our great High Priest | F |
| The sorrows of our King | E |
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| He sinks in floods of deep distress | G |
| How high the waters rise | H |
| While to his heav'nly Father's ear | I |
| He sends perpetual cries | H |
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| Hear me O Lord and save thy Son | J |
| Nor hide thy shining face | K |
| Why should thy fav'rite look like one | J |
| Forsaken of thy grace | K |
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| With rage they persecute the man | L |
| That groans beneath thy wound | M |
| While for a sacrifice I pour | N |
| My life upon the ground | M |
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| They tread my honor to the dust | O |
| And laugh when I complain | P |
| Their sharp insulting slanders add | Q |
| Fresh anguish to my pain | P |
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| All my reproach is known to thee | A |
| The scandal and the shame | R |
| Reproach has broke my bleeding heart | S |
| And lies defiled my name | R |
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| I looked for pity but in vain | P |
| My kindred are my grief | T |
| I ask my friends for comfort round | M |
| But meet with no relief | T |
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| With vinegar they mock my thirst | U |
| They give me gall for food | V |
| And sporting with my dying groans | W |
| They triumph in my blood | X |
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| Shine into my distressed soul | Y |
| Let thy compassions save | Z |
| And though my flesh sink down to death | A2 |
| Redeem it from the grave | Z |
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| I shall arise to praise thy name | R |
| Shall reign in worlds unknown | B2 |
| And thy salvation O my God | C2 |
| Shall seat me on thy throne | B2 |
Isaac Watts
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