{"slug": "1-the-heavns-in-their-splendor-declare", "title": "The Witness of Nature to God", "first_line": "1. The heav'ns in their splendor declare", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 19, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 19"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 39) via the Wayback Machine; cross-verified against two independently scanned printings (archive.org OCR)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalter, United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912 \u2014 Psalm 19, selection 39. Imported by tools/psalter1912_import.py: word-bag attested by both scans; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "The heav'ns in their splen -- dor de -- clare The might and the glo -- ry of God, For day un -- to day speaks His praise, And night tells His wis -- dom a -- broad.", "prose": ["The heav'ns in their splendor declare", "The might and the glory of God,", "For day unto day speaks His praise,", "And night tells His wisdom abroad."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "They speak not with au -- di -- ble word, Yet clear is the mes -- sage they send; Their wit -- ness goes out thro' the earth, Their word to the world's far -- thest end.", "prose": ["They speak not with audible word,", "Yet clear is the message they send;", "Their witness goes out thro' the earth,", "Their word to the world's farthest end."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "For -- sak -- ing his tent in the sky, Ar -- rayed as a bride -- groom, the sun Comes forth in his glo -- ri -- ous strength, Re -- joic -- ing his cir -- cuit to run.", "prose": ["Forsaking his tent in the sky,", "Arrayed as a bridegroom, the sun", "Comes forth in his glorious strength,", "Rejoicing his circuit to run."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "He tells thro' the length of the heav'ns His Mak -- er's great wis -- dom and might, And noth -- ing is all of the earth Is hid from his heat and his light.", "prose": ["He tells thro' the length of the heav'ns", "His Maker's great wisdom and might,", "And nothing is all of the earth", "Is hid from his heat and his light."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}