Analysis of ק Qoph



With my entire heart, I cry,
I will keep Your statutes O Lord;
I continue to wonder why,
It appears that I am ignored.

I call upon you to save me,
To observe your testimonies;
In keeping me ever to see,
Of my share in patrimonies.

I rise before the morning dawn,
And cry for help hoped in Your Word;
My humbleness is as a fawn.
Being a child of the Lord.

My eyes awake to watch the night,
To meditate on Your promise;
So that I may walk in Your light,
And sparing me of dark justice.

Hear my voice on Your steadfast love,
Because Your justice gives me life;
For those who persecute thereof,
With evil intents to cause strife.

They are very far from Your Law,
You, O Lord have been very near;
Your commandments block any flaw,
Because I honor and revere.

For I have known Your testament,
That You have found them forever;
And partake in Your Sacrament,
A true bond that will not sever.

Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEB FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM M
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 11111011 10101101 10111101 11011111 1011100 01011011 11101 11010101 01111011 111101 1001101 11011101 1101110 11111011 01011110 1111111 01110111 111101 11001111 11101111 11111101 10101101 01110001 11111100 11111010 00101100 01111110 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 932
Words 211
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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God Is Near Psalm 119:145-152

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Written on May 22, 2024

Submitted by rnsherrer on May 21, 2024

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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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