The Lord Will Provide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DBEBFBGB HBHBHBHB IBIBHBHB HJHKHBHB LMLMHBHB NONOPBPB HQHQFBFBThough troubles assail | A |
And dangers affright | B |
Though friends should all fail | A |
And foes all unite | B |
Yet one thing secures us | C |
Whatever betide | B |
The scripture assures us | C |
The Lord will provide | B |
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The birds without barn | D |
Or storehouse are fed | B |
From them let us learn | E |
To trust for our bread | B |
His saints what is fitting | F |
Shall ne'er he denied | B |
So long as 'tis written | G |
The Lord will provide | B |
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We may like the ships | H |
By tempest be tossed | B |
On perilous deeps | H |
But cannot be lost | B |
Though Satan enrages | H |
The wind and the tide | B |
The promise engages | H |
The Lord will provide | B |
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His call we obey | I |
Like Abram of old | B |
Not knowing our way | I |
But faith makes us bold | B |
For though we are strangers | H |
We have a good Guide | B |
And trust in all dangers | H |
The Lord will provide | B |
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When Satan appears | H |
To stop up our path | J |
And fill us with fears | H |
We triumph by faith | K |
He cannot take from us | H |
Though oft he has tried | B |
This heart cheering promise | H |
The Lord will provide | B |
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He tells us we're weak | L |
Our hope is in vain | M |
The good that we seek | L |
We ne'er shall obtain | M |
But when such suggestions | H |
Our spirits have plied | B |
This answers all questions | H |
The Lord will provide | B |
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No strength of our own | N |
Or goodness we claim | O |
Yet since we have known | N |
The Saviour's great name | O |
In this our strong tower | P |
For safety we hide | B |
The Lord is our power | P |
The Lord will provide | B |
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When life sinks apace | H |
And death is in view | Q |
This word of his grace | H |
Shall comfort us through | Q |
No fearing or doubting | F |
With Christ on our side | B |
We hope to die shouting | F |
The Lord will provide | B |
John Newton
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