Psalm 80 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDD EFGG HHII JJGG K LLMM NNOO PPQR ISGG K FFTT NNOO UUVV KKGGThe 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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