Psalm 73 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KEKE BCBD LBMB BNBN OBMB DPDP| Afflicted saints happy and prosperous sinners cursed | A |
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| Now I'm convinced the Lord is kind | B |
| To men of heart sincere | C |
| Yet once my foolish thoughts repined | B |
| And bordered on despair | D |
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| I grieved to see the wicked thrive | E |
| And spoke with angry breath | F |
| How pleasant and profane they live | E |
| How peaceful is their death | F |
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| With well fed flesh and haughty eyes | G |
| They lay their fears to sleep | H |
| Against the heav'ns their slanders rise | G |
| While saints in silence weep | H |
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| In vain I lift my hands to pray | I |
| And cleanse my heart in vain | J |
| For I am chastened all the day | I |
| The night renews my pain | J |
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| Yet while my tongue indulged complaints | K |
| I felt my heart reprove | E |
| Sure I shall thus offend thy saints | K |
| And grieve the men I love | E |
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| But still I found my doubts too hard | B |
| The conflict too severe | C |
| Till I retired to search thy word | B |
| And learn thy secrets there | D |
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| There as in some prophetic glass | L |
| I saw the sinner's feet | B |
| High mounted on a slipp'ry place | M |
| Beside a fiery pit | B |
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| I heard the wretch profanely boast | B |
| Till at thy frown he fell | N |
| His honors in a dream were lost | B |
| And he awakes in hell | N |
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| Lord what an envious fool I was | O |
| How like a thoughtless beast | B |
| Thus to suspect thy promised grace | M |
| And think the wicked blest | B |
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| Yet I was kept from full despair | D |
| Upheld by power unknown | P |
| That blessed hand that broke the snare | D |
| Shall guide me to thy throne | P |
Isaac Watts
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