Psalm 94 Part 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEDE FGHG IJIJ KLML GNGN OPQP| v | A |
| C M | B |
| Saints chastised and sinners destroyed or Instructive afflictions | C |
| - | |
| O God to whom revenge belongs | D |
| Proclaim thy wrath aloud | E |
| Let sovereign power redress our wrongs | D |
| Let justice smite the proud | E |
| - | |
| They say The Lord nor sees nor hears | F |
| When will the fools be wise | G |
| Can he be deaf who formed their ears | H |
| Or blind who made their eyes | G |
| - | |
| He knows their impious thoughts are vain | I |
| And they shall feel his power | J |
| His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain | I |
| In some surprising hour | J |
| - | |
| But if thy saints deserve rebuke | K |
| Thou hast a gentler rod | L |
| Thy providence's and thy book | M |
| Shall make them know their God | L |
| - | |
| Blest is the man thy hands chastise | G |
| And to his duty draw | N |
| Thy scourges make thy children wise | G |
| When they forget thy law | N |
| - | |
| But God will ne'er cast off his saints | O |
| Nor his own promise break | P |
| He pardons his inheritance | Q |
| For their Redeemer's sake | P |
Isaac Watts
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