Analysis of Protection Plea



Be gracious to me O Lord,
My eye is wasted from grief;
Let not my soul be ignored,
My body needs your relief.

Because I am in distress,
My life is spent with sorrow;
With my sighing I confess,
Wondered about tomorrow.

My strength fails because of sin,
As my bones wasting away;
I feel corrupted within,
Temptations making me stray.

For all my adversaries,
Having become a reproach;
They hired mercenaries,
Disciplined to be their coach.

Those who see me flee from me,
Forgotten as a dead man;
A broken vessel decree,
That they do not have a plan.

I hear terror whispering,
While they scheme together;
Desire with capturing,
As darkness is gathering.

But I trust You as my Lord,
Because I know You are God;
I remain in one accord,
Proceed to honor and laud.

For my times are in Your hand,
Please rescue me from my foe;
I abide what You command,
Please lead me where I should go.

Make Your face shine upon me,
Save me in Your steadfast love;
Open my eyes as to see,
For Your mercy sake thereof.

Let me not be put to shame,
Because I call upon You;
I continue to proclaim,
Speaking truth that I pursue.

Copyright ©2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKK AXAX MDMD ININ OPOP L
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 1111011 1111101 1101101 0111001 1111110 1110101 100101 1110111 1111001 1101001 0101011 111100 1001001 110100 1001111 1111111 0101011 0101001 1111101 1110100 111010 0101100 1101100 1111111 0111111 1010101 0111001 1111011 1101111 1011101 1111111 1111011 110111 1011111 111011 1111111 0111011 1010101 1011101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,150
Words 262
Sentences 11
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Pray in Calamity Psalm 31:9-17

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Written on January 07, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on January 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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