Analysis of DUST OFF THE BIBLE
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
DUST OFF THE BIBLE
There's a time to fight, a time for peace
A time to roar in anger, and for words to cease
At all times, may His glory increase
Praise to our Prince of Peace
There was a time I was a soldier at war
Saw things I wish I could see no more
A time my grandkids played on the floor
Looking at them, my spirits soar
And every day we fight for survival
As we eagerly await His arrival
Oh Lord! We pray for a revival
As dust collects upon the Bible
Because day by day we grow
We ebb with the tides flow
Oh God, help us now to show
The Salvation we've come to know
To Jesus all Praise we sing
Holy, Holy is our Eternal King
The sounds of earth still ring
Our past tries to destroy everything
And every day we fight for survival
As we eagerly await His arrival
Oh Lord! We pray for a revival
As dust collects upon the Bible
You know a building is not the church
It's not for a pastor our spirits search
For Jesus comes to heal our hurts
Where He is, there's the Church
You're waiting patiently for Him to come
I have a secret that's known to some
When we Worship, we are the Kingdom
And there our Lord's sure to come
And every day we fight for survival
As we eagerly await His arrival
Oh Lord! We pray for a revival
As dust collects upon the Bible
You pray for the church to awake
To revive and the world to take
But brother you're making one mistake
Only walking with Jesus, will chains break
I believe we are a chosen generation
We can rise up and shake the nations
Stand in the Word, and shout Salvation!
Like an arrow the Spirit sparks revolution
And the Lord provides for our survival
As we proclaim the Spirit's arrival
In our hearts starts a true revival
As we pray, and dust off our Bible
AMEN
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Poetic Form | Etheree (26%) |
Metre | 11010 101110111 011101001111 111111001 1110111 11011101011 111111111 01111101 10111101 01001111010 11100011010 111110010 110101010 0111111 111011 1111111 00101111 1101111 10101100101 011111 101110110 01001111010 11100011010 111110010 110101010 110101101 11101010101 110111101 111101 1101001111 110101111 111011010 01101111 01001111010 11100011010 111110010 110101010 11101101 10100111 110110101 1010110111 10111010010 111101010 100101010 11100101010 00101110010 1101010010 0101101010 1110111010 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,737 |
Words | 369 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119 11
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