Psalm Lxxii: Great God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEF GGHH CCDD IJKK DDCC CCFF LMDD NOPP DDQQ RFST UUCCGreat 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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