Analysis of The Forgiving God



The Lord executes righteousness,
Justice for those who are oppressed;
Compassion having graciousness,
For all of those that have confessed.

He has made known about His ways,
About His acts to the people;
For anybody that obeys,
Worshipping Him in His temple.

He is merciful and gracious,
Abounding in His steadfast love;
Looking upon us as precious,
Plenteous in mercy thereof.

The Lord always slow to anger,
And He will neither always chide;
For people who will not languor,
By continuing to abide.

He keeps not anger forever,
Nor according to our sin;
Rather iniquities sever,
As confession will cleanse within.

For as high as Heaven above,
Towards all of those who do revere;
So great will be His steadfast love,
When they are humbled and sincere.

As far the east is from the west,
He removes our transgressions;
And ensuring that we are blessed,
When we have sincere confessions.

As a father shows compassion,
Showing pity to his child;
In a veneration fashion,
Past transgressions reconciled.

Because the Lord knows our frame,
As He remembers we are dust;
While He knows you by your name,
Has compassion for those who trust.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD AEAE FGFG FHFH EIEI BJBJ KLKL MNMN F
Poetic Form
Metre 0110100 10111101 01010100 11111101 11110111 01111010 11000101 10010110 11100010 0100111 10011110 10101 0111110 0111011 1101111 10100101 11110010 10101101 10110 10101101 11111001 011111101 1111111 11110001 11011101 10110010 00101111 11101010 10101010 1010111 0001010 101010 01011101 11010111 1111111 10101111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,178
Words 242
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Bless the LORD, O My Soul Psalm 103:6–14

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Written on January 30, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on January 29, 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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