Deliverance Plea
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
How long will You forget me?
How long to hide Your face?
I am blind cannot see,
For feeling Your embrace.
How long must I counsel,
With sorrow in my heart;
My plea did You cancel,
From my life You depart.
How long shall any foe,
To exalt over me;
Only You ever know,
In their mind what they see.
Consider and hear me,
O Lord light up my eyes;
Lest I sleep to be free,
The sleep of deathly lies.
My enemy prevails,
Lest my foes have rejoiced;
If agony curtails,
Mockery they have voiced.
But I have put my trust,
Within Your steadfast love;
For Your mercy is just,
Your salvation thereof.
I will sing to the Lord,
For He has dealt with me;
While I have adored,
His grace bountifully.
Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
How Long, O LORD? Psalm 13
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Written on June 20, 2021
Submitted by richards.77936 on June 19, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EAEA AFAF GHGH IJIJ KAKC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 695 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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