Psalm Xxxvi: High In The Heav'ns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFG HIJI KCLC MCMC NOPQ GJRH STST OUOM VCVC ICIC WCWC USUS XSXS CYCZ A2GB2G CB2CB2 CRCR CB2CB2 C2ID2I| High in the heav'ns eternal God | A |
| Thy goodness in full glory shines | B |
| Thy truth shall break through ev'ry cloud | C |
| That veils and darkens thy designs | B |
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| For ever firm thy justice stands | D |
| As mountains their foundations keep | E |
| Wise are the wonders of thy hands | D |
| Thy judgments are a mighty deep | E |
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| Thy providence is kind and large | F |
| Both man and beast thy bounty share | G |
| The whole creation is thy charge | F |
| But saints are thy peculiar care | G |
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| My God how excellent thy grace | H |
| Whence all our hope and comfort springs | I |
| The sons of Adam in distress | J |
| Fly to the shadow of thy wings | I |
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| From the provisions of thy house | K |
| We shall be fed with sweet repast | C |
| There mercy like a river flows | L |
| And brings salvation to our taste | C |
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| Life like a fountain rich and free | M |
| Springs from the presence of the Lord | C |
| And in thy light our souls shall see | M |
| The glories promised in thy word | C |
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| While men grow bold in wicked ways | N |
| And yet a God they own | O |
| My heart within me often says | P |
| Their thoughts believe there's none | Q |
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| Their thoughts and ways at once declare | G |
| Whate'er their lips profess | J |
| God hath no wrath for them to fear | R |
| Nor will they seek his grace | H |
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| What strange self flatt'ry blinds their eyes | S |
| But there's a hast'ning hour | T |
| When they shall see with sore surprise | S |
| The terrors of thy power | T |
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| Thy justice shall maintain its throne | O |
| Though mountains melt away | U |
| Thy judgments are a world unknown | O |
| A deep unfathomed sea | M |
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| Above the heav'ns created rounds | V |
| Thy mercies Lord extend | C |
| Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds | V |
| Where time and nature end | C |
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| Safety to man thy goodness brings | I |
| Nor overlooks the beast | C |
| Beneath the shadow of thy wings | I |
| Thy children choose to rest | C |
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| From thee when creature streams run low | W |
| And mortal comforts die | C |
| Perpetual springs of life shall flow | W |
| And raise our pleasures high | C |
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| Though all created light decay | U |
| And death close up our eyes | S |
| Thy presence makes eternal day | U |
| Where clouds can never rise | S |
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| When man grows bold in sin | X |
| My heart within me cries | S |
| He hath no faith of God within | X |
| Nor fear before his eyes | S |
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| He walks awhile concealed | C |
| In a self flatt'ring dream | Y |
| Till his dark crimes at once revealed | C |
| Expose his hateful name | Z |
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| His heart is false and foul | A2 |
| His words are smooth and fair | G |
| Wisdom is banished from his soul | B2 |
| And leaves no goodness there | G |
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| He plots upon his bed | C |
| New mischiefs to fulfil | B2 |
| He sets his heart and hand and head | C |
| To practice all that's ill | B2 |
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| But there's a dreadful God | C |
| Though men renounce his fear | R |
| His justice hid behind the cloud | C |
| Shall one great day appear | R |
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| His truth transcends the sky | C |
| In heav'n his mercies dwell | B2 |
| Deep as the sea his judgments lie | C |
| His anger burns to hell | B2 |
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| How excellent his love | C2 |
| Whence all our safety springs | I |
| O never let my soul remove | D2 |
| From underneath his wings | I |
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