Jehovah-jireh. The Lord Will Provide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DCDC CECE FCFC GHGI BJBJ| Genesis xxii | A |
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| The saints should never be dismay'd | B |
| Nor sink in hopeless fear | C |
| For when they least expect His aid | B |
| The Saviour will appear | C |
| - | |
| This Abraham found he raised the knife | D |
| God saw and said Forbear | C |
| Yon ram shall yield his meaner life | D |
| Behold the victim there | C |
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| Once David seem'd Saul's certain prey | C |
| But hark the foe's at hand | E |
| Saul turns his arms another way | C |
| To save the invaded land | E |
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| When Jonah sunk beneath the wave | F |
| He thought to rise no more | C |
| But God prepared a fish to save | F |
| And bear him to the shore | C |
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| Blest proofs of power and grace divine | G |
| That meet us in His word | H |
| May every deep felt care of mine | G |
| Be trusted with the Lord | I |
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| Wait for His seasonable aid | B |
| And though it tarry wait | J |
| The promise may be long delay'd | B |
| But cannot come too late | J |
William Cowper
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