Praise for the LORD



Praise the Lord from up in Heaven,
Praise the Lord from in the heights;
Praise the Lord all He has given,
With wisdom everyone delights.

Praise Him and all of His angels,
Praise Him and all of His merit;
Praise Him for all of the gospels,
Praise Him for what we inherit.

Praise Him for the sun and the moon,
Praise Him for all the shining stars;
Praise Him for His Son coming soon,
Who will cleanse all of our scars.

Praise Him to the highest Heaven
Praise Heaven above the waters;
Praise Him for the birthing given,
Fruitful with sons and daughters.

Let them praise the name of the Lord,
Who commanded all creation;
Worship to be loved and adored,
He has given us salvation.

He has established forever,
Decrees shall not pass away;
Commandments that will not sever,
As the same throughout every day.

Praise the Lord over the whole earth,
All the creatures in the deep sea;
Multiply while they give birth,
As the wind tossing waves so free.

Fire and hail the snow and the rain,
Stormy wind fulfilling His Word;
Allows vegetation to gain,
Flowing breeze carries what is heard.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer

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Praise the Name of the LORD Psalm 148:1-8

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Written on May 30, 2022

Submitted by richards.77936 on May 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HAHA IJIJ KLKL MNMN I
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,123
Words 239
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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