Analysis of Psalm 50 part 3
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
v.1,5,8,16,21,22
C. M.
The judgment of hypocrites.
When Christ to judgment shall descend,
And saints surround their Lord,
He calls the nations to attend,
And hear his awful word.
"Not for the want of bullocks slain
Will I the world reprove;
Altars, and rites, and forms are vain,
Without the fire of love.
"And what have hypocrites to do
To bring their sacrifice?
They call my statutes just and true,
But deal in theft and lies.
"Could you expect to 'scape my sight,
And sin without control?
But I shall bring your crimes to light,
With anguish in your soul."
Consider, ye that slight the Lord,
Before his wrath appear,
If once you fall beneath his sword,
There's no deliv'rer there.
Scheme | AXX BCBX DADX EXEX FGFG CXCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 11 010110 11110101 010111 11010101 011101 11011101 11011 10010111 0101011 0111011 11110 11110101 110101 11011111 010101 11111111 110011 01011101 011101 11110111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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