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 |
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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
Modified on March 05, 2023
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