Analysis of All Knowing and Ever Present



How precious to me Your thoughts,
How vast is the sum of them;
You see enemy onslaughts,
Knowing judgment will condemn.

If You would count them how many,
They are more than grains of sand;
But You will not let any,
In pilfering of the land.

I will still remain with You,
Since you would slay the wicked;
For You are faithful and true,
As evil is defeated.

Men of blood depart from me,
They speak malicious intent;
Enemies too blind to see,
For confessing to repent.

For they take Your name in vain,
I do hate those who hate You;
As I grieve because of pain,
Loathing of what they pursue.

A pure hate in hating them,
I count them being my foe;
On that day You will condemn,
Because my thoughts that You know.

Search me O God, know my heart,
Know my thoughts that are on You;
In my mind not to depart,
Always thoughts that I construe.

See if any grievous way,
Conceive as being evil;
Lead me so I do not stray,
As to avoid the devil.

Copyright © 2021 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG HEHE BIBI JEJE KLKL X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 1110111 111001 1010101 11111110 1111111 1111110 0100101 1110111 1111010 1111001 1101010 1110111 1101001 1001111 1010101 1111101 1111111 1110111 1011101 0110101 1111011 1111101 0111111 1111111 1111111 0111101 111101 1110101 0111010 1111111 1101010 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 980
Words 228
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart Psalm 139:17-24

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Written on December 07, 2021

Submitted by richards.77936 on December 06, 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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