EME Hymn

The Path of God

I lift my soul to thee, O Lord,
And put my trust in thee.
Show me thy ways, Teach me thy paths
That shows eternity.

The path of God tends mercy true,
And guards all righteousness.
Integrity and covenant
Will guard from all distress.

He guides the meek, the meek will learn
The secrets of the Lord.
I wait on thee in glory sweet,
In thee my trust e’er more.

EME Hymn, common meter 8-6-8-6
Text Style: plain/music of endorsement
Lexical Feature: words from KJVB, Psalm 25
Grammatical Features
Personal Pronouns: thee, thy
Interjection: O
Contraction: e’er

Sound Repetition Figures:

1. rhymes: thee – eternity, righteousness – distress, Lord – more (near rhyme)
2. consonance: dentals – the path of God tends mercy true
3. alliteration: tends true
4. internal assonance: thee – teach – lead – meek – secrets – sweet

Word and Phrase Repetition Figures:

1. antimetabole: my trust in thee, in thee my trust
2. epizeuxis: he guides the meek, the meek will learn
3. epanalepsis: to thee, in thee, on thee, in thee
4. polyptoton: path, paths

Syntax Figures:

1. ellipses: in thee my trust e’er more
2. inversion: mercy true, glory sweet
3. pairs: thy ways, thy paths
4. parison: show me thy ways, teach me thy paths

Semantic Figures:

1. sense play: tends mercy true (i.e. tender mercies)
2. antithesis: righteousness, distress
3. auxesis: righteousness, integrity, covenant
4. circumlocution: the secrets of the Lord