Analysis of Help in Old Age



In the Lord I take refuge,
Letting me not be put to shame;
Never will he try to confuse,
The trust that I put in His name.

His righteousness delivers me,
And allowing me to break out;
He looks down upon me to see,
As He saves me from any doubt.

He is my strong habitation,
That I will faithfully resort;
Since I look for my salvation,
In giving me needed support.

The Lord is my rock and fortress,
He rescues me from wicked hands;
The unjust and cruel causing stress,
That are making evil demands.

The Lord is my hope and my trust,
That I have learned ever since birth;
From out of the womb as to thrust,
Continued praise of all its worth.

I am a wonder to many,
But the Lord is my strong refuge;
To others no praise for any,
Pride for me I humbly refuse.

Cast me not in time of old age,
Forsake me not as my strength fades;
Because I am at a prime stage,
When my foe will start His crusades.

But the Lord has forsaken Him,
God will pursue him with His wrath;
As He will be seizing his vim,
The Lord will be blocking his path.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABCB DEDE FGFG XHXH IJIJ DADC KLKL MNMN X
Poetic Form
Metre 0011110 10111111 10111101 01111011 11000101 00101111 11101111 11111101 1111010 11110001 11111010 01011001 01111010 1111101 001010101 11101001 01111011 11111011 11101111 01011111 11010110 10111110 11011110 11111001 11101111 01111111 01111011 11111101 10110101 11011111 11111011 01111011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,074
Words 251
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent Psalm 71:1-11

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Written on February 14, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on February 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:15 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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