Analysis of IF FAITH I BREAK
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
IF FAITH I BREAK
May I be silent if faith I break
May I be blinded, if I turn away
Lord I may stumble in my mistake
But to You alone I will pray
I've been pressed, but not crushed
Persecuted but not abandoned
Though it seemed the river rushed
By faith through Grace I'm still standin’
You've told me to speak, Lord I've spoken
And the world reacts in great dismay
Though I'm bent, I'm not broken
And still you give me words today
Times I'm like Jonah, I don't want the speak
Yet when I do the nations rush to hear
Lord How you are strong, as I am weak
But my faith overcomes my fear
Then I'm like Jeremiah, words I cry out loud
But tell me Lord, does anyone ever seek You?
I watch the lost gather in a great crowd
Denying you in everything they plan to do
Here I am Lord, use me, send me, choose me
To bring Your Word to a dying generation
Give them the ears to hear, eyes to see
May Your Power be shown to the Nations
I watch a world that's dying in it's fire
And Lord they just keep on burning
Their pride is their truest desire
And it destruction they are earning
Lord let me call out, Lord let me lift a noise
Help me grab their attention in a world of night
Break past the deception of their blinding toys
Lift up Your church as a final Light
It's the darkness, right before the coming Dawn
And men are lovers of themselves this hour
But time keeps ticking, it's almost gone
A form of Godliness, but they deny it's Power
I see the Angel, about to blow his mighty horn
I see you Lord about to give the final Shout
Send me Lord, let me go and let me warn
Before they see what Your Wrath is about
A Watchman You've called me time and again
Lord, they all just laugh and go on their way
They don't see the world they know will end
The night is ending, Lord bring on the Day
And you tell me,” A time such as this, My son
A time such as now, you have I called for you
Lift up the call, sound the alarm for everyone
Many have I called, but the chosen are so few”
Lord I'll not be silent, my faith I'll not break
I'll tell them all, this Hope is Jesus, we are His
I'll tell them as long as I have breaths to take
For you've sent me for a time such as this
AMEN
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Metre | 1111 111101111 1111011101 111100101 11101111 111111 10011010 1110101 1111111 111111110 001010101 1111110 01111101 1111011101 1111010111 111111111 1111011 11101011111 11111101011 1101100011 01010101111 1111111111 11111010010 110111111 1110111010 11011100110 01111110 111110010 010101110 11111111101 111101000111 11001011101 111110101 10101010101 01110101110 11110111 01111101110 1101001111101 111101110101 1111110111 0111111101 0101111001 1111101111 111011111 0111011101 01110111111 01111111111 11011001110 101111010111 11111011111 111111110111 11111111111 1111101111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,179 |
Words | 460 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 54 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
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