Analysis of Psalm 119 part 13

Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)



Holy fear, and tenderness of conscience.

With my whole heart I've sought thy face:
O let me never stray
From thy commands, O God of grace,
Nor tread the sinner's way.

Thy word I've hid within my heart
To keep my conscience clean,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.

I'm a companion of the saints
Who fear and love the Lord;
My sorrows rise, my nature faints,
When men transgress thy word.

While sinners do thy gospel wrong
My spirit stands in awe;
My soul abhors a lying tongue,
But loves thy righteous law.

My heart with sacred rev'rence hears
The threat'nings of thy word;
My flesh with holy trembling fears
The judgments of the Lord.

My God, I long, I hope, I wait,
For thy salvation still;
While thy whole law is my delight,
And I obey thy will.


Scheme A BCBC XXXX XDAE XXXX XEXD XFXF
Poetic Form
Metre 1010100110 11111111 111101 11011111 11011 11110111 111101 0110101 1100101 10010101 110101 11011101 110111 11011101 110101 11010101 111101 1111011 01111 111101001 010101 11111111 110101 11111101 010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 818
Words 162
Sentences 14
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was an English Christian minister (Congregational), hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. more…

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