Psalm 77 Part 2 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BABA CDCD EFEF GAGA HAHA BIJK ALAM NONP QRQR STSTComfort 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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