{"slug": "after-thy-loving-kindness-lord", "title": "After Thy Loving-kindness, Lord", "first_line": "After thy loving-kindness, Lord", "author_source": "Scottish Psalter, 1650", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 51, "topics": ["Psalms"], "scripture": ["Psalm 51"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "scottish-psalter-1650", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "reformed-standards/compendium (cross-verified against thewestminsterstandard.org)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "The Psalms of David in Metre (Scottish Psalter), 1650 \u2014 Psalm 51. Committee versification (Rous revision); all contributors d. before 1700. Imported by tools/psalter_import.py: transcription cross-verified word-for-word against an independent edition; every line machine-scanned to the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Af -- ter thy lov -- ing -- kind -- ness, Lord, have mer -- cy up -- on me: For thy com -- pas -- sions great, blot out all mine in -- iq -- ui -- ty.", "prose": ["After thy loving-kindness, Lord,", "have mercy upon me:", "For thy compassions great, blot out", "all mine iniquity."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Me cleanse from sin, and through -- ly wash from mine in -- iq -- ui -- ty: For my trans -- gres -- sions I con -- fess; my sin I ev -- er see.", "prose": ["Me cleanse from sin, and throughly wash", "from mine iniquity:", "For my transgressions I confess;", "my sin I ever see."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "'Gainst thee, thee on -- ly, have I sinned, in thy sight done this ill; That when thou speak'st thou may'st be just, and clear in judg -- ing still.", "prose": ["'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinned,", "in thy sight done this ill;", "That when thou speak'st thou may'st be just,", "and clear in judging still."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold, I in in -- iq -- ui -- ty was formed the womb with -- in; My moth -- er al -- so me con -- ceived in guil -- ti -- ness and sin.", "prose": ["Behold, I in iniquity", "was formed the womb within;", "My mother also me conceived", "in guiltiness and sin."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold, thou in the in -- ward parts with truth de -- light -- ed art; And wis -- dom thou shalt make me know with -- in the hid -- den part.", "prose": ["Behold, thou in the inward parts", "with truth delighted art;", "And wisdom thou shalt make me know", "within the hidden part."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Do thou with hys -- sop sprink -- le me, I shall be cleans -- ed so; Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall be whit -- er than the snow.", "prose": ["Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me,", "I shall be cleansed so;", "Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall", "be whiter than the snow."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Of glad -- ness and of joy -- ful -- ness make me to hear the voice; That so these ver -- y bones which thou hast bro -- ken may re -- joice.", "prose": ["Of gladness and of joyfulness", "make me to hear the voice;", "That so these very bones which thou", "hast broken may rejoice."]}, "8": {"syllabified": "All mine in -- iq -- ui -- ties blot out, thy face hide from my sin. Cre -- ate a clean heart, Lord, re -- new a right spirit me with -- in.", "prose": ["All mine iniquities blot out,", "thy face hide from my sin.", "Create a clean heart, Lord, renew", "a right spirit me within."]}, "9": {"syllabified": "Cast me not from thy sight, nor take thy Ho -- ly Spirit a -- way. Re -- store me thy salvat -- io -- n's joy; with thy free Spirit me stay.", "prose": ["Cast me not from thy sight, nor take", "thy Holy Spirit away.", "Restore me thy salvation's joy;", "with thy free Spirit me stay."]}, "10": {"syllabified": "Then will I teach thy ways un -- to those that trans -- gres -- sors be; And those that sin -- ners are shall then be turn -- ed un -- to thee.", "prose": ["Then will I teach thy ways unto", "those that transgressors be;", "And those that sinners are shall then", "be turned unto thee."]}, "11": {"syllabified": "O God, of my sal -- va -- tion God, me from blood -- guil -- ti -- ness Set free; then shall my tongue a -- loud sing of thy right -- eous -- ness.", "prose": ["O God, of my salvation God,", "me from blood-guiltiness", "Set free; then shall my tongue aloud", "sing of thy righteousness."]}, "12": {"syllabified": "My clos -- ed lips, O Lord, by thee let them be o -- pen -- ed; Then shall thy prais -- es by my mouth a -- broad be pub -- lish -- ed.", "prose": ["My closed lips, O Lord, by thee", "let them be opened;", "Then shall thy praises by my mouth", "abroad be published."]}, "13": {"syllabified": "For thou de -- sir'st not sac -- ri -- fice, else would I give it thee; Nor wilt thou with burn -- tof -- fer -- ing at all de -- light -- ed be.", "prose": ["For thou desir'st not sacrifice,", "else would I give it thee;", "Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering", "at all delighted be."]}, "14": {"syllabified": "A bro -- ken spir -- it is to God a pleas -- ing sac -- ri -- fice: A bro -- ken and a con -- trite heart, Lord, thou wilt not de -- spise.", "prose": ["A broken spirit is to God", "a pleasing sacrifice:", "A broken and a contrite heart,", "Lord, thou wilt not despise."]}, "15": {"syllabified": "Show kind -- ness, and do good, O Lord, to Zi -- on, thine own hill: The walls of thy Je -- ru -- sa -- lem build up of thy good will.", "prose": ["Show kindness, and do good, O Lord,", "to Zion, thine own hill:", "The walls of thy Jerusalem", "build up of thy good will."]}, "16": {"syllabified": "Then right -- eous of -- f'rings shall thee please, and of -- f'rings burnt, which they With whole burnt -- of -- f'rings, and with calves, shall on thine al -- tar lay.", "prose": ["Then righteous off'rings shall thee please,", "and off'rings burnt, which they", "With whole burnt-off'rings, and with calves,", "shall on thine altar lay."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}