Psalm Xxxii: Happy The Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLML NCNAHappy the man to whom his God | A |
No more imputes his sin | B |
But washed in the Redeemer's blood | C |
Hath made his garments clean | D |
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Happy beyond expression he | E |
Who debts are thus discharged | F |
And from the guilty bondage free | E |
He feels his soul enlarged | F |
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His spirit hates deceit and lies | G |
His words are all sincere | H |
He guards his heart he guards his eyes | G |
To keep his conscience clear | H |
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While I my inward guilt suppressed | I |
No quiet could I find | J |
Thy wrath lay burning in my breast | I |
And racked my tortured mind | J |
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Then I confessed my troubled thoughts | K |
My secret sins revealed | L |
Thy pard'ning grace forgave my faults | M |
Thy grace my pardon sealed | L |
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This shall invite thy saints to pray | N |
When like a raging flood | C |
Temptations rise our strength and stay | N |
Is a forgiving God | A |
Isaac Watts
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