Analysis of Psalm 50 part 1

Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)



v.1-6
C. M.
The last judgment

The Lord, the Judge, before his throne
Bids the whole earth draw nigh,
The nations near the rising sun,
And near the western sky.

No more shall bold blasphemers say,
"Judgment will ne'er begin;"
No more abuse his long delay
To impudence and sin.

Throned on a cloud our God shall come,
Bright flames prepare his way;
Thunder and darkness, fire and storm,
Lead on the dreadful day.

Heav'n from above his call shall hear,
Attending angels come,
And earth and hell shall know and fear
His justice and their doom.

"But gather all my saints," he cries,
"That made their peace with God
By the Redeemer's sacrifice,
And sealed it with his blood.

"Their faith and works, brought forth to light
Shall make the world confess,
My sentence of reward is right,
And heav'n adore my grace."


Scheme XXX XAXA BCBC DBXB XDXX XXXX EXEX
Poetic Form
Metre 1 11 0110 01010111 101111 01010101 010101 111111 101101 11011101 1101 110110111 110111 100101001 110101 11011111 010101 01011101 110011 11011111 111111 10110 011111 11011111 110101 11010111 010111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 787
Words 150
Sentences 10
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. more…

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