The Perfect Way
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
With the merciful that you show,
To the upright and blameless man;
The Lord ultimately will know,
The compassion that fills your plan.
For the purified that you deal,
Purely with the crooked may seem;
Unsavory to some that feel,
Blunt and rude to the extreme.
You have saved a humbled people,
But your eyes are on the haughty;
Because they ignore the Gospel,
Being immorally naughty.
For the Lord remains as my lamp,
My God who lightens my darkness;
Feared by the harlot and vamp,
That is exposing their starkness.
With God, I run against the flock,
And I can leap over a wall;
Knowing God is there where I walk,
And catching me before I fall.
For His way is the perfect way,
The Word of the Lord proving true;
Guiding me so I do not stray,
My shield and refuge I pursue.
Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
Song of Thanksgiving 2 Samuel 22:26-31
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Written on April 12, 2023
Submitted by sir_ricky on April 11, 2023
Modified on April 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX XHXH IJIJ X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 817 |
Words | 180 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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