Analysis of Psalm 119 part 14
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
Benefit of afflictions, and support under them.
Consider all my sorrows, Lord,
And thy deliv'rance send;
My soul for thy salvation faints
When will my troubles end?
Yet I have found 'tis good for me
To bear my Father's rod;
Afflictions make me learn thy law,
And live upon my God.
This is the comfort I enjoy
When new distress begins-
I read thy word, I run thy way,
And hate my former sins.
Had not thy word been my delight
When earthly joys were fled,
My soul, oppressed with sorrow's weight
Had sunk amongst the dead.
I know thy judgments, Lord, are right,
Though they may seem severe;
The sharpest suff'rings I endure
Flow from thy faithful care.
Before I knew thy chast'ning rod
My feet were apt to stray;
But now I learn to keep thy word,
Nor wander from thy way.
Scheme | X XABA XCXC XBDB EFXF EXXX CDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010001101 01011101 0111 11110101 111101 11111111 111101 01011111 010111 11010101 110101 11111111 011101 11111101 110101 1101111 110101 11110111 111101 0101101 111101 0111111 110111 11111111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 808 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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