Analysis of Praising Deliverance



The Lord honored my righteousness,
Rewarded the cleanness of my hands;
And because of my faithfulness,
For following all His commands.

For I kept the ways of the Lord,
And not wickedly departed;
While keeping in one accord,
Never becoming hard-hearted.

All of His statutes were before me,
His rules I did not put away;
Since His judgments help me to see,
No desire to go astray.

Before I am blameless and upright,
I kept myself from any guilt;
Iniquity not in my sight,
For salvation is being built.

So the Lord has rewarded me,
Cleanness of my hands in His sight;
As mercy and grace are to be,
While glory is shining bright.

His mercy is shining favor,
Keeping me as a blameless man;
He is my Lord and my Savior,
For equipping me in His plan.

He purified to make me pure,
The crooked He causes torture;
For those that confess He will cure,
By making them a new creature.

The afflicted people He saves,
But of the haughty eyes condemn;
For the iniquities enslaves,
In the darkness causing mayhem.

The Lord is a lamp to my feet,
Directing away from the dark;
My rock and fortress to defeat,
My enemies where they embark.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH EGEG IJIJ KIKI XLAL MNMN I
Poetic Form
Metre 01101100 010010111 001111 11001101 11101101 01100010 1100101 10010110 111100011 11111101 11101111 10101101 011110001 1111101 01001011 10101101 10110101 10111011 11001111 1101101 11011010 10110101 11110110 10101011 1101111 01011010 11101111 11010110 00101011 11010101 1011 0010101 01101111 01001101 11010101 11001101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,124
Words 212
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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The LORD Is My Rock and My Fortress Psalm 18:20–30

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Written on July 25, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on July 24, 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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