Analysis of Happiness from Wisdom



By wisdom, the Lord made the earth,
Understanding set up Heaven;
All creatures the power of birth,
For all of the beauty given.

By His knowledge depths are broken,
While the clouds drop down the dew;
By His commands that were spoken,
That nature able to construe.

Do not ever lose sight of these,
Keep sound wisdom and discretion;
Never to depart in the breeze,
Give your devoted attention.

For they will have life for your soul,
And of adornment for your neck;
His grace allows you to control,
To remain on the narrow trek.

Then you will walk your way safely,
As your foot will never stumble;
Confidence that will be stately,
There will be no need to grumble.

And you shall never be afraid,
When are lying down as to sleep;
A comfortable sleep conveyed,
Having sweet dreams that you will keep.

Be not afraid of sudden fear,
Neither forlornness of evil;
Desolation tries to adhere,
As being works of the devil.

The Lord will be your confidence,
Shall keep your foot from being caught;
When keeping with obedience,
Trusting in the Lord what is sought.

Withhold not good to whom is due,
When in your power to do it;
Use wisdom from God to pursue,
To determine of your merit.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB BCBC DBDB EFEF GHGH IJIJ KHKH LXLX CXCX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11001101 0101110 11001011 11101010 11101110 1011101 11011010 11010101 11101111 11100010 10101001 11010010 11111111 01010111 11011101 10110101 11111110 11111010 10011110 11111110 01110101 11101111 01000101 10111111 11011101 101110 0101101 11011010 01111100 11111101 11010100 10001111 01111111 10110111 11011101 10101110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,221
Words 263
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) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart Proverbs 3:19–27

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Written on March 04, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on March 03, 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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