Fastness
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Hear me, O Lord when I cry,
Be gracious and answer me;
Giving out a mournful sigh,
For my distress, You can see.
My heart says to seek my face,
Your face O Lord do I seek;
Let me feel Your sweet embrace,
Because of my feeling weak.
Conceal not Your face from me,
Turn not Your servant away;
With no desire to flee,
For I do not want to stray.
My parents did forsake me,
Abandoned because of sin;
An orphan on bended knee,
I plead the Lord takes me in.
Teach me of Your way, O Lord,
Lead me on a level path;
As to live in one accord,
Far from my foes and their wrath.
My foes will bear false witness,
And breathing out violence;
Boost my spiritual fitness,
For You are my best defense.
I believe in Your goodness,
In the land of the living;
Away from vulgar rudeness,
Violent chaos would bring.
So I wait for you O Lord,
Letting Your heart take courage;
Strengthening me to afford,
With You never to discourage.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
The LORD Is My Light and My Salvation Psalm 27:7-14
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Written on January 23, 2023
Submitted by sir_ricky on January 22, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 958 |
Words | 223 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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