Analysis of The Godly Description



Who shall sojourn in His tent,
And dwell on His holy hill;
Who shall the Father have sent,
Saving those in Israel.

He who would walk blamelessly,
And speaking truth in His heart;
Doing what is righteously,
Speaking the Word to impart.

Who does not curse with His tongue,
Does not ill to His neighbor;
No evil that would be flung,
Willing to help with labor.

Whom vile people despise,
But honors who fear the Lord;
Speaks wisdom to make us wise,
That we walk in one accord.

Who does not put out money,
Nor would take not any bribe;
But offers milk and honey,
To all of those who abide.

He who does these things is pure,
And He shall never be moved;
Those who follow He will cure,
Comprehension is behooved.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme ABAX BCDC EFEF GHGH DXDX IXIA F
Poetic Form
Metre 1110011 0111101 1101011 1010100 11111 0101011 1011100 1001101 1111111 1111110 1101111 1011110 111001 1101101 1101111 1110101 1111110 1111101 1101010 1111101 1111111 0111011 1110111 01011 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 751
Words 168
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill? Psalm 15

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Written on April 14, 2023

Submitted by richardnsherrer on April 13, 2023

Modified on April 13, 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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