Analysis of Our Protector



I lift my eyes unto the hills,
From where does my help go and hide;
An anticipation that instills,
To a good servant that abides.

For my help does come from the Lord,
The One who made Heaven and earth;
And I remain in one accord,
Because I know His priceless worth.

He will not let my foot be moved,
He who keeps you will not slumber;
My thoughts and prayers that I behooved,
For burdens that I encumber.

Because the Lord is your keeper,
He is your shade on your right hand;
Drying the tears of the weeper,
To soothe what this life would demand.

The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor will the moon impact by night;
But keeping you on his pathway
Allowing to assist your sight.

The Lord will keep you from evil,
As He will keep watch of your life;
The means to avoid the devil,
Preserving your soul from the strife.

The Lord will keep your going out,
As well as of your coming in;
From this time forth without a doubt,
Forevermore to avoid sin.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAX CDCD XEBE EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL E
Poetic Form
Metre 11111001 11111101 10010101 10110101 11111101 01111001 01010101 01111101 11111111 11111110 1101111 11011010 01011110 11111111 1001101 11111101 01111111 11010111 1101111 01010111 01111110 11111111 01101010 01011101 01111101 11111100 11110101 11011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 959
Words 190
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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My Help Comes from the LORD Psalm 121

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Written on July 08, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on July 07, 2021

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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