Analysis of Deliverance Plea



How long will You forget me?
How long to hide Your face?
I am blind cannot see,
For feeling Your embrace.

How long must I counsel,
With sorrow in my heart;
My plea did You cancel,
From my life You depart.

How long shall any foe,
To exalt over me;
Only You ever know,
In their mind what they see.

Consider and hear me,
O Lord light up my eyes;
Lest I sleep to be free,
The sleep of deathly lies.

My enemy prevails,
Lest my foes have rejoiced;
If agony curtails,
Mockery they have voiced.

But I have put my trust,
Within Your steadfast love;
For Your mercy is just,
Your salvation thereof.

I will sing to the Lord,
For He has dealt with me;
While I have adored,
His grace bountifully.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EAEA AFAF GHGH IJIJ KAKC X
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011 111111 111101 110101 111110 110011 111110 111101 111101 101101 101101 011111 010011 111111 111111 011101 110001 111101 110001 100111 111111 01111 111011 10101 111101 111111 11101 111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 695
Words 139
Sentences 10
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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How Long, O LORD? Psalm 13

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Written on June 20, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on June 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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