Psalm 91 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG HHII JJKK LMNO HHGF PPJJ Q RRSS TUVV NNWW HHAAv | A |
L M | B |
Safety in public diseases and dangers | C |
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He that hath made his refuge God | D |
Shall find a most secure abode | E |
Shall walk all day beneath his shade | F |
And there at night shall rest his head | G |
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Then will I say My God thy power | H |
Shall be my fortress and my tower | H |
I that am formed of feeble dust | I |
Make thine almighty arm my trust | I |
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Thrice happy man thy Maker's care | J |
Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare | J |
Satan the fowler who betrays | K |
Unguarded souls a thousand ways | K |
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Just as a hen protects her brood | L |
From birds of prey that seek their blood | M |
Under her feathers so the Lord | N |
Makes his own arm his people's guard | O |
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If burning beams of noon conspire | H |
To dart a pestilential fire | H |
God is their life his wings are spread | G |
To shield them with a healthful shade | F |
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If vapors with malignant breath | P |
Rise thick and scatter midnight death | P |
Isr'el is safe the poisoned air | J |
Grows pure if Isr'el's God be there | J |
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PAUSE | Q |
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What though a thousand at thy side | R |
At thy right hand ten thousand died | R |
Thy God his chosen people saves | S |
Amongst the dead amidst the graves | S |
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So when he sent his angel down | T |
To make his wrath in Egypt known | U |
And slew their sons his careful eye | V |
Passed all the doors of Jacob by | V |
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But if the fire or plague or sword | N |
Receive commission from the Lord | N |
To strike his saints among the rest | W |
Their very pains and deaths are blest | W |
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The sword the pestilence or fire | H |
Shall but fulfil their best desire | H |
From sins and sorrows set them free | A |
And bring thy children Lord to thee | A |
Isaac Watts
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