Analysis of Why this Mess? Psalm 44
All the cards
Are against us now
So it seems.
God of Jacob
You attend elsewhere.
Forget all our
Through the years.
Oh sure, there were slip-ups.
But tears and repentance
Worked their work.
Now the enemies
Of righteousness and truth
Laugh at us.
.Make your Law and
Constancy seem small
Proclaim our greatest hopes
We are as sheep
For the slaughter.
Our bellies lie in the dust.
Our faces covered.
Why this terrible reversal
Rise up, and show your
Your strong right arm
Strong and swift.
To rescue the meek.
To regard holy fear.
| Scheme | X X X X X A X X X X X X X X X X X A X X X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 10111 111 1110 1011 01110 101 111011 110010 111 10100 110001 111 1110 10011 0110101 1111 1010 10101001 101010 11100010 11011 1111 101 11001 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 651 |
| Words | 160 |
| Sentences | 18 |
| Stanzas | 26 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 16 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
About this poem
There are times when God whom we have trusted seems distant, disinterested, even hostile. We bawl and protest. But eventually we return to His promises. We search Him out more intently. Greater intimacy comes with the deliverance. Psalm 107 is another good read in this vein.
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Written on May 27, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 27, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 27, 2023
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