Psalm Lxxiv: Will God For Ever Cast Us Off? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEG HIHI JKJL BMBM NOPQ RSTS UVUW XYXY ZQZQ A2ZA2Z B2QC2Q D2C2D2C2 QE2QE2 QYQY QCQC QQQQ| Will God for ever east us off | A |
| His wrath for ever smoke | B |
| Against the people of' his love | C |
| His little chosen flock | D |
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| Think of the tribes so dearly bought | E |
| With their Redeemer's blood | F |
| Nor let thy Zion be forgot | E |
| Where once thy glory stood | G |
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| Lift up thy feet and march in haste | H |
| Aloud our ruin calls | I |
| See what a wide and fearful waste | H |
| Is made within thy walls | I |
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| Where once thy churches prayed and sang | J |
| Thy foes profanely roar | K |
| Over thy gates their ensigns hang | J |
| Sad tokens of their power | L |
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| How are the seats of worship broke | B |
| They tear the buildings down | M |
| And he that deals the heaviest stroke | B |
| Procures the chief renown | M |
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| With flames they threaten to destroy | N |
| Thy children in their nest | O |
| Come let us burn at once they cry | P |
| The temple and the priest | Q |
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| And still to heighten our distress | R |
| Thy presence is withdrawn | S |
| Thy wonted signs of power and grace | T |
| Thy power and grace are gone | S |
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| No prophet speaks to calm our woes | U |
| But all the seers mourn | V |
| There's not a soul amongst us knows | U |
| The time of thy return | W |
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| How long eternal God how long | X |
| Shall men of pride blaspheme | Y |
| Shall saints be made their endless song | X |
| And bear immortal shame | Y |
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| Canst thou for ever sit and bear | Z |
| Thine holy name profaned | Q |
| And still thy jealousy forbear | Z |
| And still withhold thine hand | Q |
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| What strange deliv'rance hast thou shown | A2 |
| In ages long before | Z |
| And now no other God we own | A2 |
| No other God adore | Z |
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| Thou didst divide the raging sea | B2 |
| By thy resistless might | Q |
| To make thy tribes a wondrous way | C2 |
| And then secure their flight | Q |
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| Is not the world of nature thine | D2 |
| The darkness and the day | C2 |
| Didst thou not bid the morning shine | D2 |
| And mark the sun his way | C2 |
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| Hath not thy power formed ev'ry coast | Q |
| And set the earth its bounds | E2 |
| With summer's heat and winter's frost | Q |
| In their perpetual rounds | E2 |
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| And shall the sons of earth and dust | Q |
| That sacred power blaspheme | Y |
| Will not thy hand that formed them first | Q |
| Avenge thine injured name | Y |
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| Think on the cov'nant thou hast made | Q |
| And all thy words of love | C |
| Nor let the birds of prey invade | Q |
| And vex thy mourning dove | C |
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| Our foes would triumph in our blood | Q |
| And make our hope their jest | Q |
| Plead thy own cause Almighty God | Q |
| And give thy children rest | Q |
Isaac Watts
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About Psalm Lxxiv: Will God For Ever Cast Us Off?
Psalm Lxxiv: Will God For Ever Cast Us Off? is a poem by Isaac Watts. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.