Analysis of The Tolerant God
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
The Lord works righteous justice,
For all who have been oppressed;
When everything seems hopeless,
And they have prayed and confessed.
For God has made know His ways,
And His acts to His people;
Each one of us must always,
Go worship in the temple.
God is merciful and gracious,
Abounding in steadfast love;
Because the Lord is righteous,
Anger slow to things thereof.
Not always will the Lord chide,
Nor keep anger forever;
He looks for you to provide,
You confess the endeavor.
God deals not with our sins,
Nor repay for transgressions;
Rather than He disciplines,
According to confessions.
For as higher than Heaven,
In being above the earth;
Great is the love be given,
In revering priceless worth.
As far as East is from West,
He removes the transgression;
Iniquities under arrest,
Through a sincere confession.
Fathers pity a child,
The Lord will pity as well;
Feels for who is defiled,
Showing fear to where they dwell.
For He has known our frame,
And that we are merely dust;
Whom to glorify His name,
He will help control the lust.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD AEAE FGFG XHHH IJIJ BIBI XKBK LMLM G |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010 1111101 110110 0111001 1111111 0111110 111111 1100010 11100010 010011 0101110 101111 111011 1110010 1111101 1010010 1111101 1011010 1011100 0101010 1110110 0100101 1101110 0010101 1111111 1010010 11001 1001010 101001 0111011 11111 1011111 1111101 0111101 111011 1110101 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,089 |
Words | 233 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Bless the LORD, O My Soul Psalm 103:6-14
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Written on September 19, 2023
Submitted by richardnsherrer on September 18, 2023
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