Psalm Xxxv: Now Plead My Cause, Almighty God Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DADA EFGH DIDI JKJK LMNM OPOP QRQR STUT VWVW NFNH FXFY PZA2B2 C2AD2C| Now plead my cause Almighty God | A |
| With all the sons of strife | B |
| And fight against the men of blood | C |
| Who fight against my life | B |
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| Draw out thy spear and stop their way | D |
| Lift thine avenging rod | A |
| But to my soul in mercv say | D |
| I am thy Savior God | A |
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| They plant their snares to catch my feet | E |
| And nets of mischief spread | F |
| Plunge the destroyers in the pit | G |
| That their own hands have made | H |
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| Let fogs and darkness hide their way | D |
| And slipp'ry be their ground | I |
| Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey | D |
| And all their rage confound | I |
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| They fly like chaff before the wind | J |
| Before thine angry breath | K |
| The angel of the Lord behind | J |
| Pursues them down to death | K |
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| They love the road that leads to hell | L |
| Then let the rebels die | M |
| Whose malice is implacable | N |
| Against the Lord on high | M |
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| But if thou hast a chosen few | O |
| Amongst that impious race | P |
| Divide them from the bloody crew | O |
| By thy surprising grace | P |
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| Then will I raise my tuneful voice | Q |
| To make thy wonders known | R |
| In their salvation I'll rejoice | Q |
| And bless thee for my own | R |
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| Behold the love the gen'rous love | S |
| That holy David shows | T |
| Hark how his sounding bowels move | U |
| To his afflicted foes | T |
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| When they are sick his soul complains | V |
| And seems to feel the smart | W |
| The spirit of the gospel reigns | V |
| And melts his pious heart | W |
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| How did his flowing tears condole | N |
| As for a brother dead | F |
| And fasting mortified his soul | N |
| While for their life he prayed | H |
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| They groaned and cursed him on their bed | F |
| Yet still he pleads and mourns | X |
| And double blessings on his head | F |
| The righteous God returns | Y |
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| Glorious type of heav'nly grace | P |
| Thus Christ the Lord appears | Z |
| While sinners curse the Savior prays | A2 |
| And pities them with tears | B2 |
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| He the true David Isr'el's King | C2 |
| Blessed and beloved of God | A |
| To save us rebels dead in sin | D2 |
| Paid his own dearest blood | C |
Isaac Watts
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