Analysis of Psalm 94 part 1
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.1,2,7-14
C. M.
Saints chastised, and sinners destroyed; or, Instructive afflictions.
O God, to whom revenge belongs,
"Proclaim thy wrath aloud;
Let sovereign power redress our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.
They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears:"
When will the fools be wise?
Can he be deaf who formed their ears?
Or blind, who made their eyes?
He knows their impious thoughts are vain,
And they shall feel his power;
His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain
In some surprising hour.
But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod;
Thy providence's and thy book
Shall make them know their God.
Blest is the man thy hands chastise,
And to his duty draw;
Thy scourges make thy children wise
When they forget thy law.
But God will ne'er cast off his saints,
Nor his own promise break
He pardons his inheritance
For their Redeemer's sake.
Scheme | XXX ABAB XCXC DEDE XFXF CGCG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 101010011010010 11110101 011101 1101001101 110101 11011111 110111 11111111 111111 111010111 0111110 11111111 0101010 11110101 110101 11000011 111111 11011101 011101 11011101 110111 11111111 111101 11010100 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 841 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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