Psalm 76 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEF GHIJ KLML NONO PQPQ RSRS TUTU VWVW XYZA2| Israel saved and the Assyrians destroyed | A |
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| In Judah God of old was known | B |
| His name in Isr'el great | C |
| In Salem stood his holy throne | B |
| And Zion was his seat | D |
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| Among the praises of his saints | E |
| His dwelling there he chose | F |
| There he received their just complaints | E |
| Against their haughty foes | F |
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| From Zion went his dreadful word | G |
| And broke the threat'ning spear | H |
| The bow the arrows and the sword | I |
| And crushed th' Assyrian war | J |
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| What are the earth's wide kingdoms else | K |
| But mighty hills of prey | L |
| The hill on which Jehovah dwells | M |
| Is glorious more than they | L |
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| 'Twas Zion's King that stopped the breath | N |
| Of captains and their bands | O |
| The men of might slept fast in death | N |
| And never found their hands | O |
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| At thy rebuke O Jacob's God | P |
| Both horse and chariot fell | Q |
| Who knows the terrors of thy rod | P |
| Thy vengeance who can tell | Q |
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| What power can stand before thy sight | R |
| When once thy wrath appears | S |
| When heav'n shines round with dreadful light | R |
| The earth lies still and fears | S |
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| When God in his own sovereign ways | T |
| Comes down to save th' oppressed | U |
| The wrath of man shall work his praise | T |
| And he'll restrain the rest | U |
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| Vow to the Lord and tribute bring | V |
| Ye princes fear his frown | W |
| His terror shakes the proudest king | V |
| And cuts an army down | W |
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| The thunder of his sharp rebuke | X |
| Our haughty foes shall feel | Y |
| For Jacob's God hath not forsook | Z |
| But dwells in Zion still | A2 |
Isaac Watts
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Psalm 76 is a poem by Isaac Watts. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.