LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT !!
WHEN DAVID WAS YOUNG HE FOUGHT WITH A SLING,
BUT WHEN HE GREW UP THE LORD GOD ANOINTED HIM
TO BE A KING.
IN THE BOOK THATS CALLED PSALMS,
WRITING OF JESUS DAVID FORETOLD THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD BE PIERCED
IN HIS FEET AND HIS PALMS.
OUR LORDS BETRAYAL WAS PRECISELY FORETOLD IN PSALM 41:9,
AS JOHNS GOSPEL SAYS JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND MINE.
IT GETS ME EXCITED EACH TIME I WRITE,
WHAT THE SCRIPTURES FORETELL THAT JESUS IS COMING LIKE A THIEF IN
THE NIGHT.
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Submitted by Humpty1 on August 25, 2021
Modified on April 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABACDEFGHIH |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 533 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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