Analysis of Thank and Praise Jehovah's Name

James Montgomery 1771 (Irvine) – 1854



Thank and Praise Jehovah’s Name;
For His mercies, firm and sure,
From eternity the same
To eternity endure.

Let the ransomed thus rejoice,
Gathered out of every land,
As the people of His choice,
Plucked from the destroyer’s hand.

Praise Him, ye who know His love;
Praise Him from the depths beneath;
Praise Him in the heights above;
Praise your Maker all that breathe.

For His truth and mercy stand,
Past, and present, and to be,
Like the years of His right hand—
Like His own eternity.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX DFDF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 10111 1110101 1010001 1010001 101101 10111001 1010111 1100101 1111111 1110101 1100101 1110111 1110101 1010011 1011111 1110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 486
Words 89
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Montgomery

The Very Reverend James Francis Montgomery was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century He studied for the bar before being ordained after a period of study at Durham University, and was a Curate at Puddletown before Edinburgh incumbencies. more…

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