Analysis of Psalm 100
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
A plain translation. Praise to our Creator.
Ye nations round the earth, rejoice
Before the Lord, your sovereign King;
Serve him with cheerful heart and voice,
With all your tongues his glory sing.
The Lord is God; 'tis he alone
Doth life, and breath, and being give;
We are his work, and not our own,
The sheep that on his pastures live.
Enter his gates with songs of joy,
With praises to his courts repair;
And make it your divine employ
To pay your thanks and honors there.
The Lord is good, the Lord is kind,
Great is his grace, his mercy sure;
And the whole race of man shall find
His truth from age to age endure.
| Scheme | X ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101110010 11010101 01011101 11110101 11111101 01111101 11010101 111101101 01111101 10111111 11011101 01110101 11110101 01110111 11111101 00111111 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 611 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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