{"slug": "a-little-that-the-righteous-hold", "title": "Well-Doing and Well-Being", "first_line": "A little that the righteous hold", "author_source": "The Psalter, 1912", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 6, 8, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 37, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 37"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "psalter-1912", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "hymnary.org (selection 97) 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 37, selection 97. 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": "A lit -- tle that the right -- eous hold Is bet -- ter far than wealth un -- told Of man -- y wick -- ed men; De -- stroyed shall be their arm of pride, But they who in the lord con -- fide Shall be up -- hold -- en then.", "prose": ["A little that the righteous hold", "Is better far than wealth untold", "Of many wicked men;", "Destroyed shall be their arm of pride,", "But they who in the lord confide", "Shall be upholden then."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "He knows the days the per -- fect live, To them a her -- i -- tage will give Which ev -- er shall a -- bide; In e -- vil times no shame they know, And in the days of fam -- ine's woe They shall be sat -- is -- fied.", "prose": ["He knows the days the perfect live,", "To them a heritage will give", "Which ever shall abide;", "In evil times no shame they know,", "And in the days of famine's woe", "They shall be satisfied."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Al -- though the wick -- ed pros -- pered seem, At last they van -- ish like a dream And per -- ish in a day; Je -- ho -- vah's foes shall soon ap -- pear Like fields once fair, now brown and sear; Like smoke they fade a -- way.", "prose": ["Although the wicked prospered seem,", "At last they vanish like a dream", "And perish in a day;", "Jehovah's foes shall soon appear", "Like fields once fair, now brown and sear;", "Like smoke they fade away."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "They bor -- row oft and pay not back, But right -- eous men do noth -- ing lack, And give with gra -- cious hand; Those cursed by Him shall be de -- stroyed, But such as have His grace en -- joyed, They shall pos -- sess the land", "prose": ["They borrow oft and pay not back,", "But righteous men do nothing lack,", "And give with gracious hand;", "Those cursed by Him shall be destroyed,", "But such as have His grace enjoyed,", "They shall possess the land"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}