Psalm 7 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEG HIJI KLKL MNMN O PJPJ QRQR STRT QUQUGod's care of his people | A |
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My trust is in my heav'nly Friend | B |
My hope in thee my God | C |
Rise and my helpless life defend | B |
From those that seek my blood | D |
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With insolence and fury they | E |
My soul in pieces tear | F |
As hungry lions rend the prey | E |
When no deliverer's near | G |
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If I had e'er provoked them first | H |
Or once abused my foe | I |
Then let him tread my life to dust | J |
And lay mine honor low | I |
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If there be malice found in me | K |
I know thy piercing eyes | L |
I should not dare appeal to thee | K |
Nor ask my God to rise | L |
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Arise my God lift up thy hand | M |
Their pride and power control | N |
Awake to judgment and command | M |
Deliverance for my soul | N |
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PAUSE | O |
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Let sinners and their wicked rage | P |
Be humbled to the dust | J |
Shall not the God of truth engage | P |
To vindicate the just | J |
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He knows the heart he tries the reins | Q |
He will defend th' upright | R |
His sharpest arrows he ordains | Q |
Against the sons of spite | R |
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For me their malice digged a pit | S |
But there themselves are cast | T |
My God makes all their mischief light | R |
On their own heads at last | T |
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That cruel persecuting race | Q |
Must feel his dreadful sword | U |
Awake my soul and praise the grace | Q |
And justice of the Lord | U |
Isaac Watts
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