Psalm Lxxii: Great God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEF GGHH CCDD IJKK DDCC CCFF LMDD NOPP DDQQ RFST UUCC| Great God whose universal sway | A |
| The known and unknown worlds obey | A |
| Now give the kingdom to thy Son | B |
| Extend his power exalt his throne | C |
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| The scepter well becomes his hands | D |
| All heaven submits to his commands | D |
| His justice shall avenge the poor | E |
| And pride and rage prevail no more | F |
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| With power he vindicates the just | G |
| And treads the oppressor in the dust | G |
| His worship and his fear shall last | H |
| Till the full course of time be past | H |
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| As rain on meadows newly mown | C |
| So shall he send his influence down | C |
| His grace on fainting souls distils | D |
| Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills | D |
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| The heathen lands that lie beneath | I |
| The shades of overspreading death | J |
| Revive at his first dawning light | K |
| And deserts blossom at the sight | K |
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| The saints shall flourish in his days | D |
| Decked in the robes of joy and praise | D |
| Peace like a river from his throne | C |
| Shall flow to nations yet unknown | C |
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| Jesus shall reign where'er the Sun | C |
| Doth his successive journeys run | C |
| His kingdom stretch from shore to shore | F |
| Till suns shall rise and set no more | F |
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| For him shall endless prayer be made | L |
| And praises throng to crown his head | M |
| His name like sweet perfume shall rise | D |
| With every morning sacrifice | D |
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| People and realms of every tongue | N |
| Dwell on his love with sweetest song | O |
| And infant voices shall proclaim | P |
| Their young Hosannas to his name | P |
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| Blessings abound where'er he reigns | D |
| The prisoner leaps to lose his chains | D |
| The weary find eternal rest | Q |
| And all the sons of want are blest | Q |
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| Where he displays his healing power | R |
| Death and the curse are known no more | F |
| In him the tribes of Adam boast | S |
| More blessings than their father lost | T |
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| Let every creature rise and bring | U |
| Its grateful honors to our King | U |
| Angels descend with songs again | C |
| And earth prolong the joyful strain | C |
Isaac Watts
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