Analysis of Prayer for Restoration



Restore us, O God of Hosts,
Shine Your face so we may be saved;
Each and everyone who boasts,
Earthly sinning has enslaved.

You brought vines out of the land,
Drove out heathens to plant it;
Nurtured to grow in the sand,
Watered for fruit to be fit.

You cleared the ground to take root,
For it grew to fill the land;
Sun and rain had made the fruit,
Pruning bad branches by hand.

The mountains covered with shade,
As well as cedar branches;
So that the vines won’t fade,
From the sun rays advances.

It sent branches to the sea,
As it shoots to the river;
The Lord had made a decree,
Warm air so it won’t shiver.

Why have you broken down walls,
All who pass can pluck the fruit;
The drunkard stumbles and falls,
As he trips over a root.

The boar come from the forest,
Wild beasts that will consume;
Fresh fruit is a tasty fest,
The harvest set to its doom.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Poetic Form
Metre 0111111 11111111 101011 1010101 1111101 111111 1011001 1011111 1101111 1111101 1011101 1011011 0101011 1111010 110111 1011010 1110101 1111010 0111001 1111110 1111011 1111101 0101001 1111001 0111010 111101 1110101 0101111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 906
Words 206
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Restore Us, O God Psalm 80:7-13

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Written on October 24, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on October 23, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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