Analysis of Psalm 07
Aug. 14. 1653.
Upon The Words Of Chush The Benjamite Against Him.
Lord my God to thee I flie
Save me and secure me under
Thy protection while I crie
Least as a Lion (and no wonder)
He hast to tear my Soul asunder
Tearing and no rescue nigh.
Lord my God if I have thought
Or done this, if wickedness
Be in my hands, if I have wrought
Ill to him that meant me peace,
Or to him have render'd less,
And fre'd my foe for naught;
Let th'enemy pursue my soul
And overtake it, let him tread
My life down to the earth and roul
In the dust my glory dead,
In the dust and there out spread
Lodge it with dishonour foul.
Rise Jehovah in thine ire
Rouze thy self amidst the rage
Of my foes that urge like fire;
And wake for me, their furi' asswage;
Judgment here thou didst ingage
And command which I desire.
So th' assemblies of each Nation
Will surround thee, seeking right,
Thence to thy glorious habitation
Return on high and in their sight.
Jehovah judgeth most upright
All people from the worlds foundation.
Judge me Lord, be judge in this
According to my righteousness
And the innocence which is
Upon me: cause at length to cease
Of evil men the wickedness
And their power that do amiss.
But the just establish fast,
Since thou art the just God that tries
Hearts and reins. On God is cast
My defence, and in him lies
In him who both just and wise
Saves th' upright of Heart at last.
God is a just Judge and severe,
And God is every day offended;
If th' unjust will not forbear,
His Sword he whets, his Bow hath bended
Already, and for him intended
The tools of death, that waits him near.
(His arrows purposely made he
For them that persecute.) Behold
He travels big with vanitie,
Trouble he hath conceav'd of old
As in a womb, and from that mould
Hath at length brought forth a Lie.
He dig'd a pit, and delv'd it deep,
And fell into the pit he made,
His mischief that due course doth keep,
Turns on his head, and his ill trade
Of violence will undelay'd
Fall on his crown with ruine steep.
Then will I Jehovah's praise
According to his justice raise
And sing the Name and Deitie
Of Jehovah the most high.
Scheme | XX ABBBBC DEDFXD AGAGGA XHBHHB IJIJJI KEXFEK LMLMML NOBXON XPDPPA QRQRDQ SSDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 01011101011 1111111 11001110 1010111 110100110 111111010 1001101 1111111 1111100 10111111 1111111 1111101 011111 1111000111 0101111 11110101 0011101 0010111 11111 1010011 1110101 11111110 0111111 101111 00111010 1110101110 1011101 111100010 01110011 0101101 110101010 1111101 01011100 0010011 01111111 11010100 01101101 1010101 11101111 1011111 1010011 0111101 111011111 11011001 0111001010 11101111 111111110 010011010 01111111 11010011 1111001 110111 1011111 10010111 1111101 11010111 01010111 11011111 11110111 110011 1111111 1110101 01011101 010101 1010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,264 |
Words | 408 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 66 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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