Witnessing Creation and Scripture



The Law of the Lord is perfect,
The testimony of the Lord;
Making it wise as to reflect,
Reviving as in one accord.

The precepts of the Lord are right,
The command of the Lord is pure;
Enlightening to give insight,
That is for certain to assure.

For the fear of the Lord is clean,
As the rules of the Lord are true;
Forever endured as has been,
Righteously that one will construe.

More to be desired than gold,
Even much sweeter than honey;
Confidence that makes your faith bold,
Wealthier than all the money.

By them is your servant is warned,
To keep them there is great reward;
Being at peace where had sojourned,
Shining favor down from the Lord.

Who can discern of his errors,
Declared innocence from the faults;
Through confession to God, he shares,
That were locked up in secret vaults.

Keep back from your presumptuous sin,
Let them not having dominion;
Then be blameless cleansing within,
For freeing yourself from prison.

Let the words coming from my tongue,
And the meditation of my heart;
Acceptable as from the lung,
Are as what the Lord does impart.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer

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The Law of the LORD Is Perfect Psalm 19:7-14

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Written on February 05, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on February 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD XEFE GHGH XBAB XIXI FJFJ KLKL X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
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Words 236
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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