Psalm 77 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABA CDCD EFEF GAGA HAHA BIJK ALAM NONP QRQR STST| Comfort derived from ancient providences | A |
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| How awful is thy chast'ning rod | B |
| May thy own children say | A |
| The great the wise the dreadful God | B |
| How holy is his way | A |
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| I'll meditate his works of old | C |
| The King that reigns above | D |
| I'll hear his ancient wonders told | C |
| And learn to trust his love | D |
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| Long did the house of Joseph lie | E |
| With Egypt's yoke oppressed | F |
| Long he delayed to hear their cry | E |
| or gave his people rest | F |
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| The sons of good old Jacob seemed | G |
| Abandoned to their foes | A |
| But his almighty arm redeemed | G |
| The nation that he chose | A |
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| Isr'el his people and his sheep | H |
| Must follow where he calls | A |
| He bade them venture through the deep | H |
| And made the waves their walls | A |
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| The waters saw thee mighty God | B |
| The waters saw thee come | I |
| Backward they fled and frighted stood | J |
| To make thine armies room | K |
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| Strange was thy journey through the sea | A |
| Thy footsteps Lord unknown | L |
| Terrors attend the wondrous way | A |
| That brings thy mercies down | M |
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| Thy voice with terror in the sound | N |
| Through clouds and darkness broke | O |
| All heav'n in lightning shone around | N |
| And earth with thunder shook | P |
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| Thine arrows through the skies were hurled | Q |
| How glorious is the Lord | R |
| Surprise and trembling seized the world | Q |
| And his own saints adored | R |
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| He gave them water from the rock | S |
| And safe by Moses' hand | T |
| Through a dry desert led his flock | S |
| Home to the promised land | T |
Isaac Watts
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