Psalm 90 Part 1 Our God, Our Help Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDF GHGH IJKJ L MN OPOQ RSRT UVUV WOWO DEDF| v | A |
| C M | B |
| Man frail and God eternal | C |
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| Our God our help in ages past | D |
| Our hope for years to come | E |
| Our shelter from the stormy blast | D |
| And our eternal home | F |
| - | |
| Under the shadow of thy throne | G |
| Thy saints have dwelt secure | H |
| Sufficient is thine arm alone | G |
| And our defence is sure | H |
| - | |
| Before the hills in order stood | I |
| Or earth received her frame | J |
| From everlasting thou art God | K |
| To endless years the same | J |
| - | |
| Thy word commands our flesh to dust | L |
| 'Return ye sons of men ' | - |
| All nations rose from earth at first | M |
| And turn to earth again | N |
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| A thousand ages in thy sight | O |
| Are like an evening gone | P |
| Short as the watch that ends the night | O |
| Before the rising sun | Q |
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| The busy tribes of flesh and blood | R |
| With all their lives and cares | S |
| Are carried downwards by the flood | R |
| And lost in following years | T |
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| Time like an ever rolling stream | U |
| Bears all its sons away | V |
| They fly forgotten as a dream | U |
| Dies at the op'ning day | V |
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| Like flowery fields the nations stand | W |
| Pleased with the morning light | O |
| The flowers beneath the mower's hand | W |
| Lie with'ring ere 'tis night | O |
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| Our God our help in ages past | D |
| Our hope for years to come | E |
| Be thou our guard while troubles last | D |
| And our eternal home | F |
Isaac Watts
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