Eternal God and Mortal Man
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
You have been our dwelling place,
Before the mountains were brought forth;
Always showing mercy and grace,
In all generations from the source.
You had formed this place we call earth,
Everlasting eternally;
Fruitful to multiply through birth,
You are the Lord supernally.
You return man back into dust,
Returning them back to their roots;
For the destruction of their lust,
Pleasure caused by immoral fruits.
For a thousand years in your sight,
But as yesterday in the past;
Or while watching in the night.
You sweep away as with a flood,
As though that they are like a dream;
Like grass that is renewed by blood,
While it is flowing down the stream.
In the morning it flourishes,
In the evening it withers;
But the sunrise that nourishes,
And movement of a snake slithers.
We are brought to an end by wrath,
By Your anger we are dismayed;
Troubles that are crossing my path,
Because the fact we disobeyed.
Our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in Your light;
For You have known what we construe,
The desires that are not right.
Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
From Everlasting to Everlasting Psalm 90:1-8
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Written on February 26, 2022
Submitted by richards.77936 on February 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,081 |
Words | 227 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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