Psalm 80 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EFGG HHII JJGG K LLMM NNOO PPQR ISGG K FFTT NNOO UUVV KKGG| The church's prayer under affliction or The vineyard of God wasted | A |
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| Great Shepherd of thine Israel | B |
| Who didst between the cherubs dwell | C |
| And lead the tribes thy chosen sheep | D |
| Safe through the desert and the deep | D |
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| Thy church is in the desert now | E |
| Shine from on high and guide us through | F |
| Turn us to thee thy love restore | G |
| We shall be saved and sigh no more | G |
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| Great God whom heav'nly hosts obey | H |
| How long shall we lament and pray | H |
| And wait in vain thy kind return | I |
| How long shall thy fierce anger burn | I |
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| Instead of wine and cheerful bread | J |
| Thy saints with their own tears are fed | J |
| Turn us to thee thy love restore | G |
| We shall be saved and sigh no more | G |
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| PAUSE I | K |
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| Hast thou not planted with thy hands | L |
| A lovely vine in heathen lands | L |
| Did not thy power defend it round | M |
| And heav'nly dews enrich the ground | M |
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| How did the spreading branches shoot | N |
| And bless the nations with the fruit | N |
| But now dear Lord look down and see | O |
| Thy mourning vine that lovely tree | O |
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| Why is its beauty thus defaced | P |
| Why hast thou laid her fences waste | P |
| Strangers and foes against her join | Q |
| And every beast devours the vine | R |
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| Return Almighty God return | I |
| Nor let thy bleeding vineyard mourn | S |
| Turn us to thee thy love restore | G |
| We shall be saved and sigh no more | G |
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| PAUSE II | K |
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| Lord when this vine in Canaan grew | F |
| Thou wast its strength and glory too | F |
| Attacked in vain by all its foes | T |
| Till the fair Branch of Promise rose | T |
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| Fair Branch ordained of old to shoot | N |
| From David's stock from Jacob's root | N |
| Himself a noble vine and we | O |
| The lesser branches of the tree | O |
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| 'Tis thy own Son and he shall stand | U |
| Girt with thy strength at thy right hand | U |
| Thy first born Son adorned and blest | V |
| With power and grace above the rest | V |
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| O for his sake attend our cry | K |
| Shine on thy churches lest they die | K |
| Turn us to thee thy love restore | G |
| We shall be saved and sigh no more | G |
Isaac Watts
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