Analysis of Psalm 86
John Milton 1608 (Cheapside) – 1674 (Chalfont St Giles)
Thy gracious ear, O Lord, encline,
O hear me I thee pray,
For I am poor, and almost pine
With need, and sad decay.
Preserve my soul, for *I have trod Heb. I am good, loving,
Thy waies, and love the just, a doer of good and
Save thou thy servant O my God holy things
Who still in thee doth trust.
Pity me Lord for daily thee
I call; 4 O make rejoyce
Thy Servants Soul; for Lord to thee
I lift my soul and voice,
For thou art good, thou Lord art prone
To pardon, thou to all
Art full of mercy, thou alone
To them that on thee call.
Unto my supplication Lord
Give ear, and to the crie
Of my incessant praiers afford
Thy hearing graciously.
I in the day of my distress
Will call on thee for aid;
For thou wilt grant me free access
And answer, what I pray'd.
Like thee among the gods is none
O Lord, nor any works
Of all that other Gods have done
Like to thy glorious works.
The Nations all whom thou hast made
Shall come, and all shall frame
To bow them low before thee Lord,
And glorifie thy name.
For great thou art, and wonders great
By thy strong hand are done,
Thou in thy everlasting Seat
Remainest God alone.
Teach me O Lord thy way most right,
I in thy truth will hide,
To fear thy name my heart unite
So shall it never slide.
Thee will I praise O Lord my God
Thee honour, and adore
With my whole heart, and blaze abroad
Thy name for ever more.
For great thy mercy is toward me,
And thou hast free'd my Soul
Eev'n from the lowest Hell set free
From deepest darkness foul.
O God the proud against me rise
And violent men are met
To seek my life, and in their eyes
No fear of thee have set.
But thou Lord art the God most mild
Readiest thy grace to shew,
Slow to be angry, and art stil'd
Most mercifull, most true.
O turn to me thy face at length,
And me have mercy on,
Unto thy servant give thy strength,
And save thy hand-maids Son.
Some sign of good to me afford,
And let my foes then see
And be asham'd, because thou Lord
Do'st help and comfort me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 111111 1111011 110101 01111111111110 11010101110 11110111101 110111 10111101 11111 11011111 111101 11111111 110111 11110101 111111 10111 110101 11010101 110100 10011101 111111 1111111 010111 11010111 111101 11110111 1111001 01011111 110111 11110111 0111 11110101 111111 1010101 1101 11111111 101111 1111111 111101 11111111 11001 11110101 111101 111101011 011111 11010111 110101 11010111 0100111 11110011 111111 11110111 11111 11110011 1111 11111111 011101 10110111 011111 11111101 011111 01010111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,190 |
Words | 398 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 64 |
Lines Amount | 64 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,496 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 450 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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