Analysis of The Absolution God



The Lord does work righteous justice,
For everyone who is oppressed;
Iniquities are contagious,
Condemnation who are obsessed.

Unto Moses, He made His ways,
Unto Israel of His deeds;
Merciful to one who obeys,
Gracious unto them for their needs.

He has abundant steadfast love,
Being merciful and gracious;
While slow to anger thereof,
His love will remain plenteous.

The Lord will neither always chide,
Nor keep His anger forever;
In His Law those who will abide,
His compassion will not sever.

He deals not with us to a sin,
Nor reward for iniquities;
But confession He will begin,
When being kind to charities.

As high Heaven is from the earth,
And so great is His steadfast love;
Showing their fear displays their worth,
Rewarding blessings from above.

As far as the East is from West,
He removes transgressions from us;
For once after we have confessed,
His compassion remains precious.

As a father shows compassion,
So does the Lord who will show fear;
To discipline in a fashion,
Shows pity to those who revere.

Because He knows of our frame,
And remembers that we are dust;
But knows each one by our name,
And which ones who have put their trust.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EAEA FGFG HAHX IEIE BABA JKJK LMLM G
Poetic Form
Metre 01111010 1101101 11010 0101101 10101111 10100111 10011101 10101111 1101011 10100010 111101 111011 0111011 11110010 01111101 10101110 11111101 10111 10101101 11011100 11101101 0111111 10110111 01010101 11101111 10101011 11101101 10100110 10101010 11011111 11000010 11011101 01111101 00101111 11111101 01111111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,205
Words 253
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Forgiveness Is a Gift from Far Away Psalm 103:6-14

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Written on February 07, 2024

Submitted by richardnsherrer on February 06, 2024

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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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