Analysis of Seleted People



You are holy to the Lord,
Being a holy people;
For He is loved and adored,
To praise Him in His temple.

The people that the Lord chose,
For His treasured possession;
The face of the earth He knows,
Sets His love in succession.

Not because as there were more,
The Lord chose and set His love;
Many others did ignore,
The commandments from above.

The Lord loves and kept His oath,
To their fathers that He swore;
Giving them spiritual growth,
Like an eagle as to soar.

The Lord used His mighty hand,
Redeemed no longer a slave;
To abide by His command,
Rescuing them from the grave.

Know that the Lord is your God,
Who has kept His covenant;
And give Him honor and laud,
His Law be obedient.

Payback those who do hate Him,
Destroying them to their face;
Making them in feeling grim,
And that they are a disgrace.

In the end, God has His say,
By setting judgment on them;
Because they did disobey,
For sure that He will condemn.

Be sure to follow His Law,
Rules and statutes He commands;
Defiance causes a flaw,
Any ruling by God stands.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GEGE HIHI XJXJ KLKL MNMN OPOP X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 1001010 1111001 1110110 0101011 1110010 0110111 1110010 1011101 0110111 1010101 0010101 0110111 1110111 10110001 1110111 0111101 0111001 1011101 1001101 1101111 1111100 0111001 1110100 111111 0101111 1010101 0111001 0011111 1101011 011101 1111101 1111011 1010101 0101001 1010111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,083
Words 245
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Destroy Idolatrous Nations Deuteronomy 7:6-11

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Written on August 02, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on August 01, 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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