Analysis of LORD Dependence



To You I lift up my soul,
O my God in You I trust;
And in You I will console,
Because You are fair and just.

Let me not be put to shame,
Nor foes triumph over me;
For in You I do proclaim,
With lowly humility.

Those who wait will see no shame,
Only transgressed without cause;
No confession to proclaim,
To rid their body of flaws.

Make me to know of Your way,
As You teach me of Your path;
Temptations causing to stray,
Help me to avoid Your wrath.

Teach to lead me in Your truth,
As God of my salvation;
Remembering from my youth,
To be a new creation.

For I wait throughout the day,
Your tender mercy and grace;
For Your steadfast love I pray,
Awaiting to see Your face.

Erase the sins of my youth,
For the sake of Your goodness;
No longer am I uncouth,
I do not practice rudeness.

My Lord is good and upright,
Teaching sinners in Your way;
To find favor in Your sight,
Able to properly pray.

You guide the meek to do right,
Teaching the humble Your way;
Your steadfast love gives us might,
For resisting not to stray.

Faithfulness and steadfast love,
For those who cannot deny;
Mercy and truth from above,
Are willing to testify.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD CXCX EFEF GHGH EIEI GJGJ KEKE KEKE LMLM X
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1110111 0011110 0111101 1111111 1110101 1011101 1100100 1111111 1001011 1010101 1111011 1111111 1111111 0101011 1110111 1111011 1111010 0100111 1101010 1110101 1101001 111111 0101111 0101111 1011110 1101111 1111010 1111001 1010011 1110011 1011001 1101111 1001011 111111 1010111 1011 1111001 1001101 110110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,185
Words 275
Sentences 11
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 20

About this poem

Teach Me Your Paths Psalm 25:1-10

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Written on December 14, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on December 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:22 min read
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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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